Daniel Catano has been charged with multiple arson counts for an alleged South County fire streak spanning late June and early July.
SANTA CLARA COUNTY — A San Jose man has been charged with deliberately setting 10 fires over the past month in whatAccording to the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office and court records, 32-year-old Daniel Hilario Catano was charged with 10 counts of arson and five other criminal counts of prowling, burglary, possessing stolen property, having an illegal weapon, and resisting arrest.
“I am deeply thankful that no one was hurt or killed,” District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in a statement Thursday. “This dangerous man’s personal fire season is over.” That was followed by the biggest cluster of seven fires reported July 6 in Gilroy, which torched several residential fences, a car near an auto-body shop, multiple dumpsters and some brush near a motel. Catano is charged with burglarizing a car and prowling near a home amid the fires.
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