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Hunt Seeks New Church Firebug
TRENTON New Jersey authorities intensified a statewide search for a church arsonist after two additional blazes in churches occurred within hours of a suspect being seen fleeing a burning Holy Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Church. Police reported a five inch slit in a sacristy screen at the Catholic church while an altar area burned at SS Peter and Paul. The fires followed a prior string tied to Elder Cooper Lucas, in Mercer County Jail on arson and murder charges.Lucas has faced murder and arson counts, with a not-guilty plea on murder and automatic innocent plea entered for murder after his arson pleas. The investigation links the recent fires to his earlier admissions of setting four church fires and the March 14 blaze at St Marys Cathedral. The man seen fleeing the Orthodox church caused priest Michael Zaparyniuk to sustain a wrist burn. Police posted at multiple churches in an effort to trap the arsonist and deter further fires.