Man seen wandering streets of affluent neighborhood with gasoline can and machete faces arson charges

A antheral successful Texas has been arrested aft information footage allegedly showed him mounting occurrence to 2 of his neighbors' houses portion wielding a machete. 

Phi Le Nguyen, 46, is accused of dousing the broadside of 1 neighbor's location with gasoline and lighting it connected occurrence earlier moving connected to acceptable alight a 2nd neighbor's home.

Security footage taken from a spot successful the affluent vicinity appears to amusement him strolling down the roadworthy with a tin of gasoline successful hand. 

He was allegedly seen smoking a cigaret portion dousing the broadside of Andy Heredia's location with gasoline, earlier lighting the fire. 

Heredia said helium stopped him aft helium allegedly near a scorched tract and a tiny information of scorched bricks. 

The acrophobic nonmigratory told ABC 13 that if helium didn't measurement in, the damages could person been a batch worse. 

Nguyen is allegedly seen wandering a fewer doors down, inactive holding onto the machete. He's accused of pouring the gasoline onto different neighbor's house, emptying it onto their driveway and lighting different fire. 

Prosecutors accidental footage shows him lasting astatine the extremity of the driveway looking backmost toward the house, casually smoking his cigaret and taking a plaything of his machete. 

Nguyen was arrested and faces 2 arson charges arsenic good arsenic 2 aggravated battle charges.

Court documents accused him of threatening the 2nd homeowner and a responding serviceman with the machete. 

Nguyen is being held connected a $150,000 bond.