The Mills County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest at around 7-p.m. Wednesday, of 21-year old Chance Ryan Beres, of Malvern. Beres was taken into custody on a Poweshiek County warrant for three-counts of Arson in the 2nd Degree and Arson in the 3rd Degree. His bond was set at $32,000.

According to reports, Beres pled guilty on October 1st to second-degree arson for setting a fire that destroyed a building in rural Poweshiek County in May. He was granted a deferred judgment. Following his arrest on that charge, authorities alleged Beres was responsible for numerous fires in the county. The Des Moines Register reported at the time that Beres was an EMT with Midwest Ambulance in Grinnell and was a probationary member of the Montezuma Volunteer Fire Department and EMS.

Separately, 57-year old Steven Craig Needham, of Pacific Junction, was arrested Wednesday afternoon, for Simple Assault. His bond was set at $300.