THOMSON, Ga. - Authorities say Robert Holt, 25, wanted to get back at his old girlfriend by throwing a Molotov cocktail through the window of her home.
But he got the wrong house.
He is being held today without bond, charged with throwing the firebomb through the window of a Dell Drive house on Sunday night.
Mr. Holt was taken into custody shortly after the incident by officers with the Thomson Police Department. He has been arrested on a number of charges in recent months, authorities say, and is now facing charges of arson in the first-degree, four counts of aggravated assault and possession of an explosive device, according to police records.
Each charge is a felony.
No one was injured when the explosive device was thrown through the front window of a residence in the 500 block of Dell Drive shortly before 9 p.m., police said.
Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine said in a prepared statement that Mr. Holt had mistaken the home for one where he thought his estranged girlfriend was living. Mr. Oxendine said he had the wrong house.
Firefighters with the Thomson Fire Department responded to a fire call at the residence where damage was reported, and state Fire Marshal Investigator Michael Crosby was called to the scene, as well.
Mr. Holt is being held without bond in the McDuffie County Law Enforcement Center.
