The Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office has made an arrest in relation to several barn fires in Elkhart County.

Since mid-April, barns in Elkhart, Goshen, Syracuse and New Paris have burned. In at least one fire, which happened in September, several cows, horses and a puppy were killed.

After a lengthy and detailed investigation by Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office Investigators, Joseph D. Herschberger, 41, of Nappanee has been taken into custody on a preliminary charge of arson.

A request for formal charges has been submitted to the prosecutor’s office.

There was no immediate word on what led police to Herschberger.