Man arrested for arson

Bloomington Police arrested a man Saturday evening for setting a series of fires in his apartment.\nThe Bloomington Fire Department responded initially to an alarm at 5:56 p.m. at Arbor Glenn Apartments, 3100 S. Walnut Street Pike. According to the police report, firefighters went to a first-floor room that had smoke coming from under the door.\nWhen the firefighters knocked, Richard Mollett answered the door with the chain on and would not open it, the report said.\nFirefighters then forced their way into the apartment where they found several lit items on the middle of the floor. According to the report, as they went to extinguish them, Mollett lit pieces of paper and threw them on a table in the room.\nWhen police came, they tried to question Mollett, but he was uncooperative and was arrested.\n

Man exposed self to woman

\nA man exposed himself to a woman Saturday afternoon near Bryan Park.\nAccording to the police report, a woman reported seeing a heavyset white male with brown hair pull down his pants in front of her while she was walking near the intersection of South Ballantine Road and East Sheridan Road. The woman reported seeing the man drive by once already in a white vehicle before he returned a second time and exposed himself.