Irmo man goes on rampage against roommate and family, report shows.
On Friday, a man burned the house that he lived in and assaulted the family of his roommate, police say.
The State reported on the Dec. 21 fire in Irmo near the Ascot neighborhood when Richland County Sheriff’s Department announced that one person was in custody in connection with the incident.
Now deputies say that Michael E. Sharpe, 51, got into a fight with his roommate in the trailer they shared on the 2400 block of Hollingshed Road. Sharpe left the trailer before police arrived, went to a house belonging to his roommate’s family and assaulted two people, officers reported. Sharpe returned to trailer where he and his roommate lived and allegedly set it on fire, Richland County Sheriff’s Department said.
Richland County deputies were on the scene with firefighters at about 1:30 p.m. All lanes of traffic on the 2400 block of Hollingshed Road were block. The road was later reopened
Sharpe is being held at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center on charges of arson, burglary, assault and malicious injury to property.
This story was originally published December 21, 2018 at 4:58 PM.