A man from Dorchester has been arrested after he allegedly started a brush fire that damaged town-owned land in Milford, Massachusetts, Saturday morning.
Milford police say the town’s public safety communications center received calls around 8:48 a.m. reporting a brush fire in a wooded area of 296 West Street and a man running away from the scene.
Officers responded and arrested 28-year-old Devonte Johnson of Dorchester after a foot chase.
Johnson was held on $1,500 bail and taken to the Worcester House of Corrections, where he’s awaiting arraignment on charges including burning land/tree/lumber/produce; setting fire on another’s land; setting fire in the open; disorderly conduct; and disturbing the peace. It wasn’t immediately clear if he had obtained an attorney.
Further information wasn’t immediately available.
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