Updated: December 22, 2017

AN ALABAMA MAN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ARSON IN CONNECTION WITH AN OCTOBER 31ST FIRE IN HARDIN COUNTY.  ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, BRADLEY DALE BALENTINE, 30, OF WATERLOO, WAS INDICTED AND ARRESTED, AFTER A JOINT INVESTIGATION BY SPECIAL AGENTS WITH THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION AND THE TENNESSEE FIRE INVESTIGATION SERVICE.  THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN AT THE REQUEST OF DISTRICT ATTORNEY GENERAL MATTHEW STOWE AFTER A FIRE OCCURRED ON FOX HOLLOW LOOP IN SAVANNAH.  DURING THE COURSE OF THE INVESTIGATION, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT BALENTINE SET FIRE TO A BARN CONTAINING APPROXIMATELY 175 ROLLS OF HAY. BALENTINE IS CURRENTLY AWAITING ARRAIGNMENT WHILE BEING HELD AT THE HARDIN COUNTY JAIL.