A Smithville man has been charged with arson and vandalism after an incident that occurred last Wednesday, Dec. 9 around 8:30 a.m.

Royce Avon Foster, 50, is scheduled for a court appearance on February 18. Bond for Foster was set at $60,000 on these charges but his bond in a previous vandalism case has been revoked so he remains in jail.

According to Detective Brandon Donnell of the Smithville Police Department, a witness saw Foster break eight windows out of a camper parked at the former location of the Regions Bank Drive-Thru at 509 South Mountain Street before setting fire to a nearby trash can which spread to the camper. Due to the vandalism and arson, the camper sustained more than $5,000 in damage. Although the blaze came close to a propane tank on the camper members of the Smithville Volunteer Fire Department who were summoned to the scene got the fire under control before it reached the tank.