A MAN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY COLORADO SPRINGS POLICE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, SUSPECTED OF SETTING SEVERAL FIRES. 21 YEAR OLD RICHARD MACKIN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY IN THE 53 HUNDRED BLOCK OF BALSAM JUST WEST OF POWERS AND DUBLIN. POLICE SAY MACKIN HAD AN INCINDIARY DEVICE WHEN ARRESTED. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL SUSPICIOUS FIRES IN THE AREA. NEIGHBORS CALLED AUTHORITIES WHEN THEY SPOTTED MACKIN. THOSE NEIGHBORS ALLEDGE MACKIN WAS SETTING THOSE FIRES. HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY BY THE REGIONAL EXPLOSIVES UNIT. NO WORD YET ON HWAT CHARGES HE MAY BE FACING.
