YORK, Pa. — Update, 11:30 a.m. (May 24): Spring Garden Township Police said numerous tips from the community led them to identify the suspect as a juvenile girl, whose name will not be released.
Charges against the girl are pending, police said.
"Spring Garden Township Police Department would like to thank the community for their assistance and continued support," the department said.
Previously
Police in York County are attempting to identify the suspect accused of setting a fire at the site of the former Memorial Hospital in Spring Garden Township.
The fire was set at about 5:45 p.m. Monday at the former hospital site, located on the 300 block of S. Belmont St., according to Spring Garden Township Police.
The pictured woman was seen by witnesses bent over near one of several small fires that had been set at the scene, police said. She was last seen riding away on a bicycle, heading north on South Belmont Street.
Anyone with information on the woman's identity is asked to contact Spring Garden Township Police at (717) 843-0851, email Detective Dony Harbaugh at dharbaugh@sgtpd.org or submit a tip online.
