Overview
- The Pennsylvania State Police, which announced the charges Tuesday, arrested 38-year-old Christopher Scott Brady and charged him with four felony counts of arson and related offenses.
- Investigators tied Brady and his black pickup to four suspicious fires in Cherryhill Township that occurred between October 2024 and August 2025 at two Eastern Orthodox Foundation buildings, Pike’s Peak Nurseries, and a vacant home.
- Police said surveillance video showed a black pickup with a silver toolbox leaving a July 17, 2025 burglary on Eastern Orthodox Foundation property and that the vehicle was later identified as Brady’s.
- Cellphone location history placed one of Brady’s devices in the area at the times the fires occurred and troopers estimated combined property losses at about $2.475 million.
- Brady is held in the Indiana County Jail on $2 million bail and faces a preliminary hearing on Aug. 25 as prosecutors move the case into pretrial proceedings that could determine whether it goes to trial.