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Man behind bars charged with arson and assault with a deadly weapon

A man is behind bars after deputies said he set 10 small brush fires and threw a knife at a deputy in Twentynine Palms.

Fifty-three-year-old Michael Pace was arrested for assault with a deadly weapon against a peace officer and for arson.

Firefighters and deputies responded Saturday to a brush fire behind a Stater Brothers store in the 71-700 block of Twentynine Palms Highway.

Sheriff’s deputies found a man fitting witnesses’ descriptions in the nearby foothills.

As the deputies approached, they said the man pulled out two knives.

After a brief struggle, the deputies subdued and handcuffed Pace.

Pace was booked into the Morongo Basin Jail in lieu of $50,000 bail.

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