By PAVEL BAILEY
Tribune Staff Reporter
pbailey@tribunemedia.net
A MAN previously charged with the arson of a church was remanded in custody yesterday for allegedly setting a car on fire.
Magistrate Algernon Allen, Jr, charged Trey Bastian, 25, with arson of a machine, using explosive materials to cause damage and causing damage by fire.
Bastian was previously accused of arson at Bethel Baptist Church on Meeting Street on July 7, 2021, causing $8,000 worth of damage.
The charges against him in that matter were withdrawn in January 2022 after a church member requested the matter be dropped.
Bastian allegedly used explosive material to set fire to a 2005 Volkswagen Jetta, causing $7,878 worth of fire damage in the area of Bay Street on January 18.
The defendant was told that his matter would be transferred to the Supreme Court by a voluntary bill of indictment (VBI).
His VBI is set for service on June 18.
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