The crimes date back to December and continued until Wednesday, when Houston Arson Bureau investigators say Jody Curvey, 43, was caught in the act.
Court documents say Curvey used a lighter to set tree limbs on fire at the partially vacant West Oaks Mall. He's then accused of placing the burning tree limbs on a staircase, blocking the mall's emergency exit door.
When a security guard confronted Curvey, he allegedly used a sweater to fan the flames.
Curvey's also accused of setting three fires on different dates in December, January, and February at a Westheimer strip mall across the street from West Oaks Mall.
On Jan. 20, prosecutors say he set fire to a bunch of cardboard boxes propped up against the Academy store on Highway 6.
Curvey's bond was set at $75,000.
Should he bond out, he's been ordered to stay away from all combustibles.
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