Largo man arrested for setting mobile home on fire after eviction, police say

Booking image for John Baglieri (Provided by Pinellas County Jail)

In Largo, police said they've arrested a man who lit a mobile home on fire after being evicted.

They said it happened Tuesday around 2:33 a.m. at Whispering Pines Mobile Home Park off 142nd Avenue North. Firefighters respond and investigators later determined it was arson.

Later that afternoon, police said they found the suspect, 36-year-old John Baglieri, in Pinellas Park. They said he was an evicted resident in the mobile home park.

They said he confessed to setting the home on fire. 

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Baglieri was arrested on charges of burglary and arson.