A MAN ACCUSED OF ARSON WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY LAST NIGHT IN COLORADO SPRINGS. AROUND 9 CREWS WERE CALLED TO PIKES PEAK AND 27TH AVE IN OLD COLORADO CITY FOR A VEHICLE FIRE IN AN ALLEY WAY. THE WERE ABLE TO PUT IT OUT BEFORE IT SPREAD TO ANY STRUCTURES I. 2 MORE VEHICLE FIRES WERE REPORTED WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR ON KIOWA STREET. PEOPLE NEARBY SAID THEY SAW A SUSPICIOUS MALE LURKING AROUND. A SHELTER IN PLACE WAS SENT OUT AFTER POLICE LEARNED THAT THE SUSPECT, IDENTIEFIED AS BERNIE HIDALGO, HAD ALLEGEDLY STOLEN A GUN FROM ONE OF THE VEHICLES. POLICE WERE EVENTUALLY ABLE TO LOCATE HIDALGO IN THE 2000 BLOCK OF ARMSTRONG AVENUE. HE WAS ARRESTED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND IS FACING MULTIPLE CHARGES.
