(7-21-26) Benjamin Heggs (26) of Eaton is in custody after a 10 year old’s chicken coop was set on fire in Eaton on July 19th.

Heggs is being held in the Preble County Jail on a 4th degree felony charge.

The chicken run belonged to a 10-year-old 4-H member, Carlee Watson. 

This year will be the first time she will be showing chickens through 4-H at the county fair. 

More than a dozen chickens were inside the coops when the fire started. 

None of them died.