Published: January 14, 2019

A COLBERT COUNTY MAN HAS MAN HAS BEEN INDICTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTING TO START A FIRE AT A RESIDENCE THAT WAS OCCUPIED. THE TIMES DAILY REPORTS, ROBERT JAMES WILLIAMS, JR, 39, OF MUSCLE SHOALS WAS CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTED FIRST DEGREE ARSON FOR AN INCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON FEBRUARY 11TH AT AN APARTMENT ON JOHN ALDRIDGE DRIVE IN TUSCUMBIA. A MAN AND A WOMAN WERE INSIDE THE RESIDENCE AT THE TIME WHEN WILLIAMS WAS SEEN POURING GASOLINE AT THE ONLY DOOR TO THE APARTMENT. WILLIAMS AND THE FEMALE HAD A PRIOR HISTORY IN WHICH HE HAD MADE THREATS TOWARDS HER. WILLIAMS IS BEING HELD IN THE COLBERT COUNTY JAIL ON BAIL OF THIRTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND IS SCHEDULED TO ARRAIGNED ON FEBRUARY 26TH.