A man has been arrested in connection with three suspicious fires in Boston.
Officers and firefighters responded to three suspicious fires in Boston within an hour and a half of one another Monday night between 1 a.m. and 2:30 a.m.
According to police, officers initially responded to a call for an oil truck fully engulfed in flames in the area of 87 Norwell Street in Dorchester, Massachusetts.
About ten minutes later, a second fire was reported in a trash barrel on Waterlow Street. It was quickly extinguished, police said.
The third fire was reported at about 2:30 a.m. Officers were called to the area of 90 Norwell Street where a resident stated that they observed a male suspect enter their backyard, pile up several items against a fence and light them on fire.
According to police, a K-9 officer located a suspect matching the description in the area of Radcliffe Street and Vassar Street.
He was placed in custody without incident after he was positively identified.
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Police say the suspect is Sequonie Suarez, 27, of Dorchester.
He is charged with arson of a motor vehicle, burning personal property (two counts) and trespassing.
Suarez will be arraigned in Dorchester District Court.
It is unclear if he has an attorney.
