Cincinnati Police And The Feds Nab Three In Interstate 471 Daniel Carter Beard Bridge Arson!

Three people set fire to playground equipment which lead to a massive fire on a Cincinnati freeway bridge.

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Interstate 471 is a five mile freeway connector that covers Cincinnati, Ohio and Newport, Kentucky. The freeway begins at Interstate 71 near downtown Cincinnati and heads south towards the Interstate 275 beltway and the U.S. Highway 27 junction in Highland Heights, Kentucky.

The freeway carries 50,000 vehicles a day.

The freeway crosses the Ohio River at the Daniel Carter Bridge. 

The Ohio River is the gateway to the South.

Last month a major fire broke out at Sawyer Point Park. Someone set fire to playground equipment and it spread into a massive fire that ended up melting the girders underneath Interstate 471.

The southbound lanes were closed due to the need for extensive repairs. On December 10, 2024, local news reported that three individuals were arrested for causing the fire.

The suspects are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. The charges carry up to 20 years in the iron college, repayment to the Ohio Department of Transportation, Kentucky Transportation Cabinet, the city of Cincinnati, the EPA and owners of vehicles damaged by smoke or debris.

If convicted they will have a TIER III Arsonist Label.

Two of the three was named.

Kaitlen Hall, 24, was arrested and charged with two felony counts of obstruction of justice, Cincinnati Fire Department Chief Frank McKinley said in a press conference Tuesday afternoon.

Hall is accused of giving investigators “purposefully misleading and false statements during questioning in an official law enforcement investigation for a crime of aggravated arson,” on Nov. 21, Hamilton County court documents reveal.

McKinley would not give further details regarding where Hall was arrested or if she was caught on video after the Nov. 1 fire.

Another suspect, Zachary Stumpf was arrested around 9:10 p.m. on Dec. 10.

Stumpf is accused of “intentionally setting a fire on a playground located under an interstate overpass, creating a substantial risk of severe physical harm to motorists above,” Hamilton County court records reveal.

Previous information provided by the city’s vice mayor said there were four arrests.

Mayor Aftab Pureval clarified in the press conference that the arrest was not connected with any homeless encampment, adding that there has been misinformation spread about the investigation.

The suspects were not homeless.