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Camas Hotel manager charged with first-degree arson

Police: Kim set fire to historic hotel for insurance payout

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The manager of the Camas Hotel, Won Dongandres Lee Kim, also known as "Brendan Lee," checks a computer in the historic hotel's lobby in August 2019. Kim is facing first-degree arson charges this week after allegedly setting fire to an unoccupied hotel room in a bid to collect insurance money. (Post-Record file photos)

A man who claimed to be the owner of the historic Camas Hotel in downtown Camas is facing first-degree arson charges this week after allegedly setting fire to an unoccupied room in a bid to collect insurance money.

Camas Police investigators say 30-year-old Won Dongandres Lee Kim, also known as “Brendan Lee,” the hotel’s manager, admitted to purposely setting fire to an unoccupied room in historic hotel on the morning of June 17.

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