Crews responded to reports of a possible structure fire around 6:35 p.m. on the 1300 block of North Monroe Drive near the vacant Hospitality Homes building, police said. “While Xenia Police Division units were responding to the scene, another caller called into Central Communications and stated that they saw several juveniles running towards Shawnee Park and overheard the juveniles talking about a fire,” police said. Multiple units responded to the area of Shawnee Park, and after speaking with multiple juveniles, four were identified as the suspects who started the fire. “During the interviews, all of the juveniles admitted to breaking into the building and several of the juveniles admitted to starting the fire,” police said. A search revealed a video that appeared to be taken by the juveniles had been detained by police.

Source: Daily Sun March 15, 2026 22:30 UTC