Somebody tries to set a Mattapan townhouse on fire

Both Boston police and firefighters responded to 27 West Main St. on a report of a fire around 1:15 p.m. While firefighters doused the small fire, police went looking for the man with a red pole witnesses told them smashed a window in a rear door and tossed a flammable object inside. WCVB reports police found the suspect and that the incident was not random.