A man is suspected of 4th-degree arson after several fires were started early Friday morning in Colorado Springs.
The Colorado Springs Police Department shared details of the alleged crime to their online blotter, explaining they were contacted just before 3 a.m. when a citizen noticed a fire close to a church in the 4200 block of N. Academy Boulevard. The church is north of Woodmen Road.
“As the concerned citizen was in the process of calling 911, she observed two CSPD officers in the general area and reported the fire,” police wrote in their online blotter. “Officers quickly located the fire and were able to extinguish it. Moments later, a second fire was located at a gas station just west of the church and a third fire was observed at a nearby fast-food restaurant.”…