I hadn't heard of this guy until reading bullshark's post. I looked him up on google. Came up with a wiki link.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Keyes
I read through almost everything, and I did read that he apparently told police he had burglarized a home in Texas and set it on fire. They don't give a year for when that incident occurred, but it looks like it is bunched with other information that are dated with the year 2009.
"Keyes had ties to New York State, he owned 10 acres and a run down cabin in the Town of Constable. Keyes also confessed to bank robberies in New York and Texas. The FBI later confirmed that Keyes robbed the Community Bank branch in Tupper Lake, New York in April 2009. The FBI said that Keyes threatened people in the bank with a handgun, although there were no injuries. He also told authorities that he burglarized a Texas home and set it on fire."