Andre Jerome Graves

On February 7, 2026, at 11:19 P.M., police responded to the St. Paul Police Department downtown beat office at [ADDRESS REDACTED] North, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, on a report of an Arson. A Securian Financial security employee, BF, reported that he observed a burn mark on the wall, and after reviewing security cameras, he observed a male lighting the wall at approximately 11:19 A.M. On January 31, 2026. Security sent the surveillance video as well as two still photos of the suspect to police.

Video showed the male try to light the wood panel wall on fire with a lighter. The investigator issued an attempt to locate based on the information and photographs provided. On March 10, the investigator received notification that another officer may have identified the suspect as ANDREW JEROME GRAVES – [DOB REDACTED] through an encounter where GRAVES was trespassed from Chipotle. The officer showed GRAVES a picture of the Arson suspect, and he admitted it was him in the picture. Police went to GRAVES’s apartment and spoke with him.

GRAVES confirmed that he was the person in the photograph of the Arson suspect. When asked why he would try to light the wall on fire with a lighter, GRAVES said that he was just testing the lighter and did not intend to start the wall on fire or cause damage. Police informed GRAVES that he caused damage to the wall in excess of $3,000. GRAVES apologized for causing the damage and again said he did not mean it. Security estimated that the cost of a “touch up fix” of the wall panel would be approximately $1,200 to $1,500, but the full replacement cost would be approximately $2,500 to $4,000.