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Businessman charged with arson - Italian Bowl & Cast Iron Kitchen
Posted on 2/21/18 at 5:18 pm
Posted on 2/21/18 at 5:18 pm
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BATON ROUGE- A local businessman is accused of torching a Baton Rouge restaurant, as well as a string of attempts to burn down a restaurant he owned in Prairieville. 36-year-old Jonathan Paul Marino of Baton Rouge was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Jail on numerous charges for a fire that he intentionally started on Mar. 12, 2017 at The Cast Iron Kitchen, located on Jones Creek Road.
WBRZ Story
Surveillance footage obtained by investigators show that within minutes of Marino leaving The Cast Iron Kitchen, smoke was observed coming from the building. When St. George fire crews arrived on the scene, the roof collapsed and injured a firefighter that was inside battling the blaze. The firefighter, Stephen Mitchell, sustained second-degree burns to ten percent of his body.
The fire caused significant damage to the structure of the building, and also to adjacent tenant spaces.According to the arrest warrant, St. George Fire Department determined that the origin of the fire was in the office area of the restaurant. The cause of the fire was the result of human intervention and incendiary in nature. State Police say the fire was set with the intent to defraud Scottsdale Insurance Company of $135,000.
In an interview with St. George Fire Dept., Marino advised that as he was leaving the restaurant that day, he smelled smoke, but did not return to check on his business. Authorities say video footage also caught Marino stealing assorted grocery items from an area Walmart shortly before the fire. Marino has been charged for theft.
Throughout the investigation, detectives learned that Marino was also responsible for a fire that occurred in 2015 at a Prairieville restaurant that Marino himself owned: The Italian Bowl. Subsequent investigation revealed that Marino had attempted to set fire to the structure on at least three separate occasions in an attempt to collect insurance money. Marino will face arson charges in Ascension Parish in relation to those crimes.
State Fire Marshal "Butch" Browning says, "We have and will continue to aggressively pursue those who seek to defraud insurance companies for financial gain. Their actions victimize every person who lives, works, or does business in this state."
This post was edited on 2/21/18 at 5:21 pm
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Posted on 2/21/18 at 5:45 pm to RaginCajunz
Geez...
That sucks.
That sucks.
Posted on 2/21/18 at 6:29 pm to RaginCajunz
Dude is going to prison. They don’t play around when a firefighter gets injured.
Posted on 2/22/18 at 8:43 am to jbgleason
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jbgleason
You'll probably blame a lawyer for insurance rates going up after an arson.
Posted on 3/3/18 at 8:06 pm to RaginCajunz
Wow, dude was desperate and deep in debt. He had a nice truck & trailer/s. Place looked inviting inside, and the food was way better than the nearby shitty Outback, Portobello's & City Cafe.
Posted on 3/4/18 at 6:41 am to RaginCajunz
This guy has watched Goodfellas too many times.
Posted on 3/4/18 at 10:59 am to RaginCajunz
Yet another act of government prejudice against those whose names end in a vowel.
Posted on 3/4/18 at 11:08 am to RaginCajunz
Posted on 11/9/18 at 1:40 pm to RaginCajunz
indicted in EBR
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LINK
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Jonathan Paul Marino, 37, of 14310 Meadow Ridge Way Drive, was indicted by an East Baton Rouge Parish grand jury Thursday on arson with intent to defraud and injury by arson stemming from a blaze at The Cast Iron Kitchen.
Marino already faces arson-related fraud charges in Ascension Parish as a result of a 2015 blaze that destroyed his Prairieville restaurant, The Italian Bowl.
quote:
The Cast Iron Kitchen had been open only seven months when it was destroyed. The fire sent one firefighter to the hospital with minor injuries when part of the ceiling collapsed.
Marino's attorney, James Rothkamm, said Friday that Marino has pleaded not guilty in the Ascension case. He has not been arraigned in the Baton Rouge case.
Posted on 11/9/18 at 2:29 pm to cgrand
Any guess on when it’s all said and done what is he looking at?
Jail time?
Probation and a fine?
Jail time?
Probation and a fine?
Posted on 11/9/18 at 2:42 pm to Cash
Anyone know him?
Posted on 11/9/18 at 2:46 pm to LSUlefty
Is he related to Bobby Silor?
Posted on 11/9/18 at 2:53 pm to LSUlefty
I don’t know him personally but shopped at the produce stand in P’ville when he worked there. I believe he also owned a fire works stand. He cane off as sleazy so none of this surprises me.
Posted on 11/10/18 at 1:00 pm to Cash
At the time when he owned The Italian Bowl (and before it went under and closed), he had made it known that he was married and had either 5 or 6 children --- all of whom who were either in day care or private school.
Yikes.
Yikes.
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