Nicholas J. Paskon, 25, of Joliet.

A suspect has been arrested as detectives investigate multiple arson fires involving parked cars at homes in Huntley in recent months, police said.

The Huntley Police Department and Huntley Fire Protection District responded around 11:31 p.m. on March 1 to the 11800 block of Everglades Road in Huntley for a report of a vehicle fire.

Huntley Deputy Police Chief Linda Hooten said at the time that officers arrived to find a gray passenger car fully engulfed in flames.

The car was parked in the driveway of a house.

The Huntley Fire Protection District arrived on the scene and extinguished the fire.

No one was injured as a result of the fire, Hooten said.

The nature of the fire was suspicious and Huntley police detectives were conducting an investigation into the incident.

Hooten said the burnt vehicle was not stolen and there was no indication it had been used in a crime prior to the fire.

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Investigators learned a silver sedan was seen driving in the area prior to the fire.

The Huntley Police Department and Huntley Fire Protection District responded to a second suspicious car fire around 12:22 a.m. on April 19 in the 10300 block of Ashley Street.

Approximately 25 minutes later, the departments were called to an additional suspicious car fire in the 11800 block of Everglades Road.

Both of the car fires were extinguished and no injuries were reported, Hooten said.

There are no links between the victims of the two April 19 car fires, Hooten said, adding that the March 1 and April 19 fires on Everglades Road occurred at the same residence.

Nicholas J. Paskon, 25, of Joliet, was identified as the suspect in the April 19 Everglades Road fire, Hooten said.

Paskon was charged with arson, a Class 2 felony, and illegal possession of ammunition, a Class A misdemeanor.

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A criminal complaint filed in McHenry County Circuit Court said Paskon poured a flammable liquid on a man’s 2011 Hyundai Sonata before setting it on fire.

A separate criminal complaint alleges Paskon was found in possession of 91 rounds of 9mm and .40 caliber ammunition despite not having a Firearm Owners Identification card.

McHenry County Judge Michael Coppedge ordered Paskon held on a $40,000 bond.

McHenry County Judge Jennifer Johnson later reduced Paskon’s bond to $15,000 over prosecutors’ objection, court records show.

No charges have been filed in the March 1 Everglades Road fire or the April 19 Ashley Street fire.

Paskon is scheduled to appear in court again on May 15 for a preliminary hearing.

He remains held in the McHenry County Jail and would need to post $1,500 cash to be released.