A 21-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with several suspicious fires in Hamilton County, according to a Hamilton County Sheriff's Office news release.
The HCSO Criminal Investigations Division arrested Jacob Price McNamara and charged him with eleven counts of arson and three counts of reckless burning.
The arrest is the result of a several-months-long investigation into several suspicious fires that occurred in the Soddy Daisy, Lakesite and Ooltewah areas since October.
McNamara is being held at the Hamilton County Jail. Detectives are still looking into other suspicious fires and additional charges against McNamara are possible.
The Hamilton County Sheriff's Office expresses gratitude to Soddy Daisy Police Department, Soddy Daisy Fire Department, Dallas Bay Volunteer Fire Department and Sequoyah Volunteer Fire Department for their assistance in this lengthy investigation.