Fireworks used to set Gwinnett house fire

LAWRENCEVILLE - Arson charges for a Lawrenceville man who admits he used fireworks to set a blaze at his girlfriend's house.

Authorities say neighbors noticed the fire at the home on Stone Hollow Place in Lawrenceville just after 6:00 Thursday morning. The neighbors were able to alert the family of the burning home and then used a garden hose to extinguish the fire. A woman who lived in the house with her family lead police to her boyfriend, who admitted during questioning he had set the fire with a fireworks device.

Joshua Rotkaen, 21, has been charged with arson and battery.