Center Township Police file arson and terrorism charges in hotel fire incident

Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published March 22, 2023 10:50 A.M.

(Center Township, PA) Keenan Vincent Murray, 39n of Enon Valley, PA was charged by Center Township Police on Tuesday  following his arrest at the Hilton Garden Inn where he went with  a female to get a room. He set fire to a trash can, lighting bath towels and throwing them into the hotel hallway . The female Gina Lynn Dambrosi went to her vehicle and Murray followed her, dumped black Velvet Liquor on her head, and attempted to set fire to her hair. She crawled over her passenger seat, got out of the car, and he followed her. Officers went to Room 230 where there was heavy smoke and, burned sheets, mattress and a comforter, firefighters were called. The hotel was evacuated, another fire was set in a downstairs public restroom, the sprinkler activated and brake, causing a flood in the hotel lobby. Murray is charged with 1 count of arson and related offenses, 1 count of risking a catastrophe, 1 count of criminal mischief, damage to property intentional, reckless or negligence, recklessly endangering another person, 1 count of disorderly conduct/physical offenses, resisting arrest/ other law enforcement, and aggravated assault. He is also charged with terroristic threats  with intent to terrorize another.

He is lodged in the Beaver County Jail and bond was set at $50,000 cash and a preliminary hearing is set for Thursday, March 30, 2023 at 10 a.m. in Beaver County Central Court.