{Charleston,
West Virginia}…Michael Carter, the man accused of arson and attacking a fireman at
the Best Western Hotel on East Washington Street in Charleston last Friday, claims several
people tossed a burning towel into his hotel room, but police say Carter's
explanation makes no sense. Detectives suspect the fire in a seventh floor room
was a suicide attempt that endangered others. Carter claims he barricaded the
door with a mattress to serve as a shield in case the robbers shot into the
room, but firefighters say Carter was the only person in the room and the only
one who could have set the blaze.
