A 17-year-old boy is facing criminal charges after police say he intentionally set a fire at a church in Beverly early Monday morning.
The boy, whose name hasn’t been released, is slated to be arraigned in Salem Juvenile Court on charges of breaking and entering a building at night with intent to commit a felony, burning a public building, and destruction of a place of worship, according to the Beverly Police Department.
Emergency crews responding to a 911 call for smoke coming from the Pilgrim Cumberland Presbyterian Church at 300 Cabot Street just before 3:45 a.m. quickly extinguished the fire, police said…