Published: 9/28/2022

A LAWRENCEBURG, TENNESSEE MAN IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY SET A PORTION OF HIS MOTHER’S HOME ON FIRE, ACCORDING TO FLORENCE AL LAW ENFORCEMENT. 35-YEAR-OLD DAVID ALLEN NATHANIAL DEMAREST WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH FIRST-DEGREE ARSON, RESISTING ARREST, THIRD-DEGREE MENACING, CRIMINAL MISCHIEF AND TWO COUNTS OF SECOND-DEGREE ASSAULT. AFTER RECEIVING REPORTS OF POSSIBLE ARSON, DEPUTIES ARRIVED ON THE SCENE SATURDAY TO THE SMELL OF GASOLINE AND REPORTS THAT DEMAREST HAD SET FIRE TO HIS MOTHER’S PATIO WHILE SHE WAS INSIDE THE HOME. HIS MOTHER ADDED THAT WHEN SHE NOTICED THE FLAMES, SHE REPORTEDLY SAW DEMAREST STANDING ON THE BACK PORCH HOLDING A PITCHFORK. HE REPORTEDLY LOCKED HIMSELF IN AN OUTBUILDING AND DID NOT COOPERATE WITH OFFICERS AND WAS EVENTUALLY TASED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE LAUDERDALE COUNTY DETENTION CENTER WHERE HE ASSAULTED TWO CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS, DAMAGING A BODY CAMERA IN THE PROCESS. DEMAREST REMAINS IN JAIL ON A $70,600 BOND.