DeKalb DA: Ex-MARTA cop sets fire to car, reports it stolen

A former MARTA Police officer was charged Tuesday for setting his car on fire and reporting it stolen.

A DeKalb County Grand Jury indicted Malasta Hill on charges of arson, false report of a crime and damaging property to defraud another.

DeKalb County District Attorney Robert James said the fact that an officer is accused of fraud makes it worse.

“Police are expected to maintain a high level of integrity,” James said. “Malasta Hill tried to cheat his insurance company, and did so in a very dangerous manner.”

In January 2015, while working as a MARTA officer, Hill called DeKalb County police to report his 2010 Chevrolet Impala stolen from the Stonecrest Mall parking lot.

A day later, the car was found set on fire at 4878 River Road in Ellenwood.

In October, a DeKalb County arson investigator filed charges against Hill.

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