The former ambulance employee charged with firebombing several Hunter’s Ambulance facilities late last month told police he needed to “cool off” after a fight with coworkers just hours before investigators believe he blazed a trail across Connecticut and fled into Pennsylvania, according to newly released court documents.
Richard White, 37, of Torrington, appeared in a Connecticut courtroom for the first time Wednesday after he was extradited to Old Saybrook from central Pennsylvania, where he was captured by Pennsylvania State Police the night of the fires on Feb. 27 while attempting to flee west on Interstate 80.
White was charged with a series of arson and bomb manufacturing offenses in connection with the string of fires that stretched from Old Saybrook to Meriden to Roxbury, including alleged attacks on two Hunter’s Ambulance facilities, a firehouse and a private home, and more charges are expected, police have said.