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New Hampshire Man Accused of Setting Fire to Maine Grandfather’s Vehicles

Maine State Fire Marshal's Office


A 27-year-old New Hampshire man is accused of setting fire to several vehicles on his grandfather’s property in Lebanon, Maine.

Police have arrested Jayce Racicot of Rochester, New Hampshire, for the fire, which destroyed four vehicles in a lot at 158 Upper Barley Road in Lebanon.

The Maine State Fire Marshal’s Office says the fire was determined to be arson.

Rochester police arrested Racicot on Friday for the fire that took place on April 6.

He is being held at the Strafford County Department of Corrections in New Hampshire and is awaiting a fugitive from justice hearing.

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