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Michael Bowling was tracked down by police and during an arson investigation involving two separate vehicle fires, Stafford County Police said.
The first incident occurred at around 1:35 a.m. on July 16, when fire officials reported to the 100 block of Hamlin Drive to extinguish a car engulfed in flames, authorities said.
As fire crews left the scene, they received another call about a car fire in the 600 block of Culpeper Street, police said.
An investigation into the fires was launched and the following day, at around 1 a.m.,police received a report of a stolen car near Hamlin Drive in the Grafton Village area, authorities reported.
When police found the car abandoned nearby, officers, along with a K-9, tracked the suspect to a house in the 700 block of Jett Street and Bowling was located.
After a brief standoff, the 19-year-old was charged with two counts of arson, grand larceny, and destroying a vehicle, police said.
The investigation will continue while Bowling is being held at Rappahannock Jail without bond and additional charges pending.
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