The Houlton resident was arrested in Massachusetts after a series of fires at the Martin Luther King Jr. Presbyterian Community Church in Springfield in December.
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Maine man charged with hate crime in Black church arson in Massachusetts
The Houlton man had already been charged in state court for a series of earlier smaller fires at the church.
Houlton man arrested after chase on Maine Turnpike reaches 120 mph
Michael Pierce, 43, eventually pulled over in Falmouth, state police say.
Maine rural hospitals cut pay, hours while preparing for surge of patients
The cost-cutting measures are happening because hospitals are no longer getting revenue from emergency room visits and elective procedures were canceled to make room for COVID-19 patients.
Eight from Mexico arrested in human smuggling effort in Aroostook County
Police pulled over a vehicle containing 7 undocumented immigrants who illegally crossed the border into Maine last week, and an eighth man who was paid to drive them to New York, authorities say.