Indictments for three area teenagers facing arson charges has been held over to the next grand jury in January, as the Boone County Prosecutor’s Office did not have a copy of the State Fire Marshall Investigator’s report in their files.

Dustin Vance, of Foster, 19-year old Gerald Waters III, of Madison, and 19-year-old Larry Nunnery III, of Danville, were arrested back in May and charged with first-degree arson and conspiracy.

The three men are accused of deliberately setting fire to residential property located at No. 10 Avenue C, Madison, during the early morning hours of May 6.

The building, owned by Larry Lyons, was being rented to a family with small children during the time of the fire.

According to a source at the State Fire Marshall’s Office, a completed investigative report is available. The report states that the fire was determined to be incendiary, or set intentionally.

However, the Coal Valley News was advised that though the report is available, there is no copy of the reported videotape, which captured the three men at the scene of the crime, filed in the State Fire Marshall’s investigation file.

All three men were members of the Madison Volunteer Fire Department.

Patrick J. Barker, of the Fire Investigation Division, West Virginia State Fire Marshall’s Office, stated in the criminal complaint filed in Boone County that the fire occurred during the early morning hours of May 6, and was captured on video surveillance.

According to the complaint, the men confessed to the crime, stating that they were “bored,” and decided to experiment with some brake fluid and chlorine outside the firehouse and then later that night decided to ignite the building on fire.

According to the complaint, two of the men set the house on fire while the third man waited behind as a lookout. Once the house was ablaze, the men allegedly returned to the firehouse and “waited for a while.”

Then, one of the men allegedly called 911 and reported the fire, and proceeded to go over to the building and get the occupants out of their homes, according to the complaint.

Vance, Waters and Nunnery posted a $2,000 cash bail following their arrest in May.

If indicted and found guilty of the charge of arson, the men could face 2 to 20 years in prison, according to court documents.

On the charge of conspiracy, if indicted and found guilty, the men could face 1 to 5 years or a fine not more than $10,000, or both, according to the criminal complaint filed against them.