A Brown Street man has been arrested in connection with an investigation into a series of fires that burned six cars in the Brown Street neighborhood last week.

Westbrook Police Detective Sgt. Stephen Lyons said six cars were burned last Wednesday and Thursday. The cars were burned at locations on Brown, Myrtle, Lowell and Lugrin streets. Most of the fires occurred between the hours of midnight and 6 a.m.

Police said five of the six cars, all of which were unlocked, were parked on the street. The sixth car was parked in a driveway on Brown Street. Police are withholding how the fires were started as a part of the investigation.

Police said one man has been arrested in connection with the investigation, though he has not been charged with the fires. Chief Paul McCarthy said David Reali, 18, who is originally from Vassalboro, but had been most recently living on Brown Street, was arrested Friday afternoon and charged with receiving stolen property. Police said they anticipate making more arrests in the case, but declined to name any suspects.

Dian Brinkerhoff, who lives on Brown Street, said she was awakened around 5:30 a.m. last Thursday by lights and sirens from emergency vehicles outside her window. She looked out to see a car in an adjacent driveway on fire.

Brinkerhoff’s neighbor, Sean Pippin said he was also awakened by the sounds of the emergency vehicles. He said the flames from the car fire even damaged a house next to the driveway. “It even cracked a window,” he said, pointing at a broken window on the house.

While Brinkerhoff doesn’t own a car herself, she said many of her neighbors who do own vehicles were concerned about the fires. “Everyone is pretty shaken up,” she said. “That was a little close to home.”

Police said there haven’t been any vehicle fires since last week. Lyons said Officer Brian Dell isola is investigating the fires. Anyone with any information or who sees anything suspicious should contact him or one of the detectives in the police department at 854-2531.

Editor Brendan Moran contributed material to this report