On February 25, 2016, at approximately 7:30am, State Police responded with the Moyers Corners Fire Department to a reported suspicious fire at the China Garden Restaurant, located at 8075 Oswego Road in the Town of Clay.
While investigating the fire, two neighboring business (Tanning Oasis and Simply Nails) reported money missing from inside their store. Evidence from the scene showed the businesses were burglarized just prior to the fire.
On February 26, 2016, Troopers arrested Jesse R. Otts, age 32, from Daywood Drive in Baldwinsville, NY for (1) count of Arson 2nd degree, a class “B” felony; and (3) counts of Burglary 3rd degree, a class “D” felony. Otts was arraigned in the Town of Clay Court and remanded to the Onondaga County Justice Center with no bail.