Monday, Aug. 28, 2017 | 1:35 p.m.
A sheriff's spokesman says a 63-year-old Nevada man is facing felony arson and other charges after he was accused of starting a fire at an evangelical Christian church.
Nye County sheriff's spokesman Arnold Knightly said Monday that Frank Eugene Casey was arrested after he was found sitting in a parked car nearby while firefighters battled flames about 1 a.m. Friday at the Trinity Assembly of God Church in Pahrump.
Knightly says Casey was jailed on $102,500 bail pending a court appearance on charges also including church property damage and drunken driving.
A court clerk didn't immediately respond to a message, and it wasn't immediately clear if Casey had a lawyer.
Knightly says Casey told federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents and state police investigators that he started the fire in a church storage room.