Arson case at Clemson University

Campus police at Clemson arrested three students yesterday and charged them with arson of a futon that was set afire outside two residence halls.  The university announcement states Matthew Griffin Skinner, 19, of Fairfax, Virginia; Patrick James Gilligan, 18, of Cincinnati, Ohio; and Ryan Davis McCarter, 19, of Clover were charged with the felony offense of third degree arson.  The fire was reported at 2:10 Sunday morning between Wannamaker and Bradley halls.  Fire fighters stopped the fire which had spread to the grass around the futon.