Dayton man arrested on suspicion of setting fire to Miami County garage

Tyler Myers

Credit: Miami County Jail

Credit: Miami County Jail

Tyler Myers

A Dayton man suspected of setting fire to his ex-girlfriend’s garage early Monday in Miami County is in custody after he was stopped by Riverside police.

Tyler Steven Jordan Myers, 23, is in the Miami County Jail on charges of arson and breaking and entering.

Deputies responded at 12:46 a.m. to the 6700 block of U.S. 40 in Bethel Twp. on a report of arson.

On arrival, a woman told police she saw her ex-boyfriend, who she identified as Myers, run out of the smoking garage, get in his vehicle and drive off.

The sheriff’s office made a broadcast to alert Montgomery County law enforcement agencies to be on the lookout for Myers as the Bethel Twp. Fire Department responded and extinguished the fire in the garage, according to a release from the sheriff’s office.

A short time after the broadcast, the Riverside Police Department replied that they had stopped Myers, and Miami County deputies came to take him into custody.

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