FLORISSANT • Police have charged jazz club owner Lozell Stiles, 40, with arson in the blaze Sunday that destroyed the Halls Ferry Inn Jazz Cafe.

Sgt. Kyle Lewis said Stiles was taken into custody Sunday and charged Monday.

His bail was set at $10,000. Lewis said police were not sure of a motive for the arson at the restaurant and jazz club at 3425 North Highway 67.

Stiles told police he set fire to his business at 3425 North Highway 67. Emergency responders arrived at 2:22 a.m. The fire caused extensive damage to the business and an adjoining business suffered some smoke damage, according to police.

No employees or customers were inside the club at the time and no one was injured. Florissant detectives were notified due to the suspicious nature of the origin of the fire, according to police.

Stiles, of the 1200 block of Herman's Orchard Drive, is being held at the St. Louis County jail on a $10,000 bail.