05/01/2018 - WHITMAN, MASSACHUSETTS (PLYMOUTH COUNTY) - Around 0100 hours on the morning of Tuesday, May 1, 2018 the Whitman Fire Department responded to a reported car fire at 10 Day Street. Companies arrived to find several motor vehicles in a parking lot on fire. Lieutenant Al Cunningham requested the box be struck for manpower. Companies advanced hand lines into the parking lot and worked to extinguish the fires. Off-duty personnel responded in the another engine and assisted with extinguishment. In all, three vehicles had heavy fire damage, while two others suffered minor damage. Whitman Police and Fire began investigating the fire as suspicious at the scene. While at the scene, Lieutenant Al Cunningham was approached by two men, one of whom was known to the Lieutenant. He reported the interaction to the police, who began investigating. Video surveillance from the scene showed two men entering the fenced in lot, followed by the fire being set, then the two men leaving the scene. Whitman Police arrested the two men Shaun Minnock, 23 and Zachary Ralph, 22 both of Whitman and charged them with Burning a motor vehicle (3-counts), Wanton destruction of property over $1,200, and Trespassing. The Plymouth County Sheriffs Department BCI Unit and the Massachusetts State Fire Marshal's Office also assisted in the investigation.
