Deputies arrest 19-year-old on charges involving arson, human remains [Video]

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – A judge has set bond for a 19-year-old man facing a pair of charges including arson.

Brandon Eric Steplight is charged with first-degree arson and destruction or removal of human remains, according to jail records.

A judge set bond at a total of $85,000 on the charges, jail records state.

The Charleston County Sheriff’s Office declined to comment on the charges, citing “an active case.”

Steplight was arrested Friday night and was being held in the Al Cannon Detention Center.

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office at 843-202-1700 or Crimestoppers of the Lowcountry at 843-554-1111.

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