{"id":51834,"date":"2025-05-19T01:30:11","date_gmt":"2025-05-19T05:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/?p=51834"},"modified":"2025-05-18T21:31:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-19T01:31:25","slug":"man-arrested-after-setting-fire-in-apartment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2025\/05\/19\/man-arrested-after-setting-fire-in-apartment\/","title":{"rendered":"Man Arrested After Setting Fire In Apartment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"51835\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/2025\/05\/19\/man-arrested-after-setting-fire-in-apartment\/rafael-batista-milanes\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rafael-Batista-Milanes.avif\" data-orig-size=\"1600,900\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Rafael Batista Milanes\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rafael-Batista-Milanes-1024x576.avif\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rafael-Batista-Milanes-125x125.avif\" alt=\"\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-51835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rafael-Batista-Milanes-125x125.avif 125w, https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rafael-Batista-Milanes-150x150.avif 150w, http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rafael-Batista-Milanes.avif 250w, http:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rafael-Batista-Milanes.avif 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><br \/>\nA man was arrested in the Kenwood neighborhood after police say he barricaded himself in his apartment and started setting fire to belongings and throwing vases at police officers.<!--more--\n\nOfficers responded to a call on Southside Drive and Southview Square regarding a man, Rafael Batista Milanes, riding a bicycle around an apartment complex, threatening residents, deflating car tires, and putting flowers on cars.\n\nAfter arriving at the scene, Louisville Metro Police officers spoke with the suspect\u2019s mother, who said he had threatened to kill her and proceeded to shove her. Milanes had previously been arrested on Saturday, May 17, and was told to have no contact with the location and no new arrests or violations of the law per his pre-arraignment release.\n\nLouisville officers initially made contact with Milanes on his balcony, where he was throwing clothes and other items. Officers attempted to speak with the suspect at his front door, but he had barricaded the entrance with a chain and a large recliner chair.\n\nPolice stated that Milanes began to throw several glass vases and shards of glass at officers. He then proceeded to set fire to items inside the apartment and barricaded the sliding door to the balcony.\n\nLMPD officers promptly began to evacuate neighboring apartment residents.\n\nOfficers eventually were able to break the sliding glass door on the balcony and use fire extinguishers to put out the flames. Milanes continued to ignite items in the apartment.\n\nThe suspect was arrested inside the apartment, where it was observed that he caused well over $1,000 in damage.\n\nMilanes is being charged with violation of conditions of release, menacing, criminal mischief, and harassment.\n\nLouisville police said no one was injured during the incident.\nSource: WAVE\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man was arrested in the Kenwood neighborhood after police say he barricaded himself in his apartment and started setting fire to belongings and throwing vases at police officers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":51835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-51834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-archive","8":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Rafael-Batista-Milanes.avif","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6aKAp-du2","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-12 13:40:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/31"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51834"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51834\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51836,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51834\/revisions\/51836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/51835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wvih.com\/wp1\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}