Tioga County Emergency Services reported heavy fire in one of the facility's horse barns. Fenton, 32, of Athens, Penn., was charged with third-degree arson, third-degree burglary, second-degree criminal mischief and second-degree assault, all felonies, state police said in a Thursday evening update.įenton was taken to the Tioga County Correctional Facility, police said. Troopers are investigating the case as an act of arson.īoyd H.

Thursday at the Tioga Downs Casino complex in Nichols. State Police responded to the structure fire just after 6:34 a.m. A man who intentionally set fire to a Tioga Downs horse barn on Thursday morning, killing more than two dozen racehorses and injuring at least one person, has been taken into custody, authorities said.