Man Who Torched Local Adult Store Wanted to 'Destroy Porn'

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—It's cold as a warlock's tit in Michigan, but that didn't stop one ax wielding man from trying to "destroy porn" by burning down an adult store in Kalamazoo yesterday afternoon. A local CBS affiliate reported today, "Crews were called out around 4:45 p.m. to Hollywood Nights, an adult store on S. Westnedge in Kalamazoo, near Cork Street. Upon their arrival just a matter of minutes later, the building was deemed unsafe to go in. Crews then attempted to fight the fire from the outside and keep it from spreading." According to an announcement posted today to the Kalamazoo Department of Public Safety website, after police arrived at the scene, "An alert citizen in the area was able to provide the description of a person fleeing the area in a vehicle. A short time later a second citizen observed a suspicious subject trying to dispose of an axe in a dumpster in Comstock. The subject was driving a vehicle similar to the one described by the first witness. "A deputy from the Kalamazoo County Sheriff’s Department observed the suspect vehicle leaving Merrill Park in Comstock," it continued. "The deputy attempted to stop the vehicle and it fled. The pursuit ended at the intersection of Riverview and Hotop in the City of Kalamazoo when the suspect lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a snow bank. The suspect was arrested without further incident." The man, who was not named, was identified only as being a 41-year-old resident of Kalamazoo. He is currently being held at the Kalamazoo County Jail on arson charges, awaiting arraignment expected to take place Friday.  "At this time," added the police, "there is no known connection between the suspect and the business or its owners."  That may very well be, but recent reports strongly indicate that the man has a much bigger bone to pick. As Kalamazoo Public Safety Chief Jeff Hadley put it to Fox17, he "did it to destroy pornography." The building was deemd a total loss.