Man arrested in connection with string of car fires identified

SAN JOSE, Calif. (KGO) -- The man arrested in connection with a string of car fires in the South Bay has been identified.

According to the San Jose Mercury News, the suspect is 37-year-old Jason Troy Gilliland.

Deputies say he set as many as 10 vehicles on fire along the San Jose-Campbell border since Dec. 22.

No one was ever hurt.

Gilliland is being held on half-a-million dollars bail for the arsons.