MILFORD, Mass. (WWLP) - A man has been arrested after he allegedly started a brush fire that damaged town-owned land in Milford Saturday morning. Correction officer arrested after allegedly smuggling drugs into Massachusetts prison According to the Milford Police Department, the town's Public Safety Communications Center received calls reporting a brush fire in a wooded area on West Street, and a man running away from the area. Devonte Johnson, 28, was taken into custody. He was held on a $1,500 bail and is expected to be arraigned on several charges on Monday. Local News Headlines East Longmeadow denying all outdoor burning permits Crash on Route 10 in Bernardston causes power outage Basketball Hall of Famer Gregg Popovich suffers ‘health issue,’ to be sidelined indefinitely Democrats call for investigation into grocery prices WWLP-22News, an NBC affiliate, began broadcasting in March 1953 to provide local news, network, syndicated, and local programming to western Massachusetts. Watch the 22News Digital Edition weekdays at 4 p.m. on WWLP.com.