String of fires at Acadia National Park were arson, new court docs reveal

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • February 26, 2025

The National Park Service alleges five arson fires were started by one man on St. Sauveur Mountain in Mount Desert Island in 2023 and 2024. The Trenton man, 31 years old when a search warrant request was filed, called the park service to report fires in April 2023. He used his cellphone and provided his name. He has not been criminally charged. A park ranger interviewed the man a week after the fires, and there were “multiple inconsistencies” in his story. Another fire was set Oct. 1, 2023. The hikers put the fire out then passed a man who “seemed nervous.” Two more arson fires were started in May 2024. A car registered to the Trenton man was at Acadia Mountain Parking at the time of the fire. The man gave the ranger his real name and a fake phone number.