Men arrested for church arson are church goers

It does seem like an odd twist that the two men arrested in a string of church arson cases are in fact church-goers themselves. Officials say Jason Borque and Daniel McAllister attended the same baptist church. The men were arrested and charged in one fire, but officials say they are believed to be connected to 11 fires since the first of the year.

Borque's grandfather described him as a "christian". The teary-eyed man said is grandson is a great guy. No one answered at McAllister's home. The fires put churches on edge. Many facilites had started volunteer patrols to protect the churches. Today, officials praised those efforts as instrumental in warding off even more tragedy.