June 16 – A Santa Fe man faces an arson charge after police accused him of setting several fires along Cerrillos Road last week.
Guadalupe Arpero Terrazas, 37, was booked into the Santa Fe County Jail early Sunday on charges of arson, resisting arrest and criminal damage to property.
The second-degree misdemeanor charge against Terrazas specifies damages of $20,000 or more.
Santa Fe Police Lt. Heinz DeLuca said a group of people called 911 around 11:30 p.m. Thursday to report that several fires had been set in buildings and other structures near the intersection of Cerrillos Road and Osage Drive.
A group of motorcyclists helped put out the fires, DeLuca said, with several bottles of gasoline found at the scene.
He said police found Terrazas across the street smelling of gasoline.
