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    Three-time national champ Burgey charged with arson

    Eric Burgey, former wrestler at Pennsylvania's Easton Area High School who went on to win three national mat titles at colleges in Iowa and Ohio, has been arrested and charged with arson, the Express-Times of Easton, Pa. reported Monday.

    Police reported seeing fire coming out of a gas tank door of a vehicle in the Wegmans supermarket parking lot in Lower Nazareth Township Saturday at about 8:30 p.m. The fire was started by a rag or shirt put into the gas tank and lit. Officers extinguished the fire quickly.

    Eric Burgey (Photo/Simon Jimenez)
    Burgey, 26, approached the officers and said the vehicle was his and he started the fire, according to the police.

    Burgey was arrested on arson, along with other charges, including reckless endangerment, risking a catastrophe and disorderly conduct. He was taken to Northampton County Prison in lieu of $50,000 bail.

    Burgey earned a trio of national championships in college -- first, a NAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) title at 149 pounds for William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa in 2011 ... then back-to-back NCAA Division II championships for Notre Dame College of Cleveland in 2013 (at 174 pounds) and 2014 (at 165).

    Prior to college, Burgey wrestled at Easton Area High, where he placed seventh as a junior at the PIAA (Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association) state championships. Nearly a decade ago, Burgey was kicked off the wrestling team as a senior for allegedly possessing marijuana and being intoxicated at a high school football game as a 17-year-old in Sept. 2008. His family filed suit to have him reinstated to the team; they dropped the suit three months later. Burgey graduated from EAHS in 2009.

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