Update 12:25 p.m.: The Seattle Police Department, Seattle Fire Department and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, are holding a press conference on the Greenwood arson investigation at 1:30 p.m. today. NWCN will carry that press conference live, and KING 5.com will stream it live. We will bring you information from that press conference as it happens.
Update 11:20 a.m.: The Seattle Times is reporting the suspect arrested early this morning in connection with the string of Greenwood arsons is Kevin Todd Swalwell, and a second person of interest was arrested about 11 a.m. today. According to the King County Jail Register, Swalwell, age 46, was booked this morning on investigation of arson. The Times reports Swalwell has an extensive criminal history, including two felony arson convictions.
A 1995 Seattle Times story details Swalwell’s 1995 arson arrest. (Thanks, Vince, for the tip to that link!)
See story of this morning’s Shoreline arson, where Swalwell was arrested, below.
