UPDATE: The man arrested in the incident has been identified.
Joshua Sather, 39, of Moorhead initially gave police a false name when they arrested him, according to Fargo Police Sergeant Brent Halverson.
The name Sather initially provided police officers was someone with a warrant for arrest.
But Sather also had a warrant out for his arrest as well, Halverson said.
Sather is being held in the Cass County Jail on charges of giving false information and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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FARGO -- A man wanted for outstanding warrants was arrested by Fargo police officers after they responded to calls of someone lighting boards on fire behind a house.
According to Red River Regional Dispatch, the man was allegedly stripping boards off a garage or shed and igniting them nearby.
When officers arrived to a home in the 100 block of 9th St S shortly after midnight on June 10 they found a man near the structure.
The police officers did not see any flames but reported a nearby fire pit smelled like smoke.
The man was wanted for outstanding warrants and was also found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia.
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The police officers said the suspect initially resisted arrest but was taken into custody and booked into the Cass County Jail.
Officers did not identify the suspect.
