BATESVILLE, Ark.—A Batesville man has been arrested on suspicion of setting fire to a tractor and stealing several other pieces of farm equipment in Independence County.

Police arrested 27-year-old Donald Williams on Thursday. Williams is accused of arson in the blaze of a $4,000 Ford tractor that was found burned Sept. 9.

Williams is also accused of stealing a $15,000 John Deere hay baler and a $3,000 New Holland hay rake on Sept. 15 and a large steel beam on Sept. 19.