SENATOBIA, Miss. (AP) — An Alabama man was charged Monday with setting fire to a Mississippi police department that has faced protests in the months since an officer fatally shot a 1-year-old boy. Garrick Rawls faces an arson charge — a federal offense — in connection with a Halloween day fire that damaged the…

Federal authorities have charged a civil rights activist with arson in a fire that damaged the Senatobia Police Department headquarters. Court filings show that officers tracked 41-year-old Garrick Rawls to a relative’s house in north Alabama using surveillance video, community tips and his cellphone signal.

Authorities say an arson damaged the Senatobia Police Department building early Saturday. The department has drawn protests after an officer shot and killed 1-year-old Kohen Wiley in June. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and local agencies are investigating the fire.