FORT WALTON BEACH — United States Attorney Lawrence Keefe, of the Northern District of Florida, and Okaloosa County Sheriff Larry Ashley announced Tuesday that a federal criminal complaint has been filed against William W. Sims.

The criminal complaint alleges that Sims, 23, of Fort Walton Beach, secretly entered the vehicle impound lot of the Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office in the early morning hours of September 2 and broke into a seized Mercedes sports utility vehicle.

The complaint alleges that after retrieving something that was concealed in the seized vehicle, Sims used an accelerant to set the vehicle ablaze in the Sheriff’s Office lot. The fire department was forced to respond to extinguish the blaze.

FORT WALTON BEACH &mdash; United States Attorney Lawrence Keefe, of the Northern District of Florida, and Okaloosa County Sheriff Larry Ashley announced Tuesday that a federal criminal complaint has been filed against William W. Sims.
The criminal complaint alleges that Sims, 23, of Fort Walton Beach, secretly entered the vehicle impound lot of the Okaloosa County Sheriff&rsquo;s Office in the early morning hours of September 2 and broke into a seized Mercedes sports utility vehicle.
The complaint alleges that after retrieving something that was concealed in the seized vehicle, Sims used an accelerant to set the vehicle ablaze in the Sheriff&rsquo;s Office lot. The fire department was forced to respond to extinguish the blaze.

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