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Iowa City police arrest suspect of August fire

Ashley Bunting, 40, was arrested in connection to the arson on Aug. 23.
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Roxy Ekberg, News Reporter
October 16, 2023
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Iowa City police arrested Ashley Bunting, 40, of Iowa City on Oct. 12 in connection to an arson that occurred on Aug. 23, police released Monday.  

Bunting faces one count of second-degree arson for allegedly starting a fire at 1601 Aber Ave. on Aug. 23, according to a press release from the city. 

According to the original press release from Aug. 23, the incident happened between 1 a.m. and 4:45 a.m., with multiple items outside of the apartment building intentionally set on fire. 

The investigation is still ongoing, according to the news release.
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Roxy Ekberg
Roxy Ekberg, Politics Reporter
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Roxy Ekberg is a first year at the University of Iowa. In the Honors Program, she is double majoring in journalism and political science with a minor in Spanish. Prior to her role as a politics reporter, she worked news reporter at the Daily Iowan and worked at her local newspaper The Wakefield Republican.
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