The arsonists were arrested late last night and this morning in San Antonio and Grand Saline. KLTV will be covering it live at 4:00 pm today. According to Crowley with the ATF, he said, “various techniques led members of a special task force to the men, including DNA evidence and phone tips.”
My questions revolve around if they turned out to be young highschoolers that are either satanists or think they are vampires. One news station said their last names are Jason Borque and Daniel Mcalister. Jason was a student at UT Tyler. If you know these guys feel free to comment below and fill us in. Is he a twilight fan, does he regularly where black trench coats, and other typical ridiculousness.
The ATF has reported that the other arsonists last name is Borque and was arrested in Northern Smith County. They said the sketches are unrelated to the men that were arrested. The sketches were men of interest at the time that could have some kind of link.
These are considered 1st degree felonies and could also be considered aggravated robberies. The ATF said that among some of the evidence they have is DNA evidence.
They may ask the judge to stack sentences. There is only one arrest warrant at this time which is the Dover Baptist Church warrant. They are confident that they will be arrested on other fires. They don’t believe the fire in Temple is related to the East Texas church fires.
According to NBC news one is from Lindale and the other guy is from Van Texas but after more news it appears more like Ben Wheeler Texas. So these guys were right in my backyard the whole time. I kind of suspected they might be from here considering how they were spreading the fires out around this location. They couldn’t resist to go after a couple of the churches in their own towns. If they were trying to throw police off I think it served more as an easy to find trail to their hideout.
Dates and locations of arsons:
- 01-01-2010, 9:02 AM – Little Hope Baptist Church – Canton, TX;
- 01-01-2010, 11:05 AM – Faith Baptist Church – Athens, TX;
- 01-11-2010, 10:40 PM – Grace Community Church, Athens, TX;
- 01-12-2010, 12:09 AM – Lake Athens Baptist Church, Athens, TX;
- 01-16-2010, 6:30 PM – Tyland Baptist Church, Tyler, TX;
- 01-17-2010, 6:33 PM – First Church of Christ Scientist, Tyler, TX;
- 01-20-2010, 7:37 AM – Prairie Creek Fellowship, Lindale, TX;
- 02-04-2010, 5:23 AM – Russell Memorial United Methodist Church, Wills Point, TX;
- 02-08-2010, 8:47 PM – Dover Baptist Church, Tyler, TX;
- 02-08-2010, 9:44 PM – Clear Springs Missionary Baptist Church, Lindale, TX.
In addition to the arsons at the above listed churches, there were attempted break-ins at the following churches:
- 02-07-2010, 12:19 AM, Heritage Baptist Church, Tyler, TX;
- 02-08-2010, 9:19 PM, Clearview Church, Tyler, TX;
- 02-08-2010, 9:39 PM, Pine Brook Baptist Church, Tyler, TX.