Russell DeBusk lower right.CNN) -- Two people have been arrested in connection with 10 church fires in Alabama last month, federal law enforcement sources told CNN Wednesday.A third person is being sought, the sources said.
The two people arrested will appear in federal court in Birmingham at 10 a.m. (11 a.m. ET), the sources said.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) made the arrests, according to the sources.
Nine of the fires -- five on February 3 in Bibb County and four on February 7 in west Alabama -- have been linked. Another church fire on February 11 in Lamar County has been ruled arson, but investigators haven't determined if it was connected to the others.
UPDATE: Fox has the names: Ben Moseley, 19, and Russell Debusk were taken into custody early Wednesday, officials said, and charged with conspiracy and individual counts in the arsons at five Bibb County churches and four in west Alabama.
Moseley and Debusk are students at the Birmingham Southern College and are expected to appear in federal court today.
It would appear from the sound of those names that an "Islamic terrorist" motivation is unlikely.
UPDATE II: Pic above leaves little doubt at least one of the suspected perps is a Bubba.
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