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A suspect is in custody and accused of a series of arson fires in the Bywater neighborhood early Monday morning.]
Police arrested Kyle Tomeson in the French Quarter on Tuesday.
Tomeson is suspected of setting fire to eight vehicles and a two-story house around Dauphine, Desire, and Montegut Streets.
A New Orleans Fire Department official described the fires as cases of aggravated arson, which is punishable in Louisiana by up to 20 years in state prison and a fine of up to $25,000 per fire.
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