Grand Junction, CO – On October 24, 2026, at approximately 2:10 p.m., first responders responded to a structure fire at the Puppy Love business located at 337 North Avenue.
Grand Junction Fire Department (GJFD) extinguished the fire and found no inhabitants inside the business and no reported injuries. Fire investigators with the GJFD and Grand Junction Police Department were dispatched to the scene, where they found evidence of arson. Further investigation revealed a male, identified as 27-year-old Joseph Kimball-Oney, had been involved in a domestic dispute with the female business owner. Kimball-Oney is suspected of intentionally starting the fire before driving to the female’s residence where he threw rocks at her house, shattering a window. Kimball-Oney then left the area in a vehicle before officers arrived on scene.
At approximately 4:55 p.m., officers with the Grand Junction Police Department located Kimball-Oney in the area of 32330 Willow Bend Road in Whitewater, CO, and took him into custody. Joseph Kimball-Oney was arrested and booked into the Mesa County Detention Facility on the following charges:
First Degree Arson
Criminal Mischief $100,000 or More, Less Than $1,000,000
Intimidating a Witness
Menacing – Real/Simulated Weapon
Harassment – Repeat Telephone Calls
Violation of a Protection Order (10 counts)
Second Degree Burglary
Domestic Violence
The details of this case remain under investigation, and there is no additional information available at this time.