Cal Fire has arrested 109 people on suspicion of arson this year, stemming from brutal wildfires that have raged across the state from summer into fall.
A convicted arsonist who was previously sentenced to 17 years in prison for starting wildland fires has been arrested on suspicion of igniting two more, said officials with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. Donald Shawn Anderson, 41, was scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday in a Lake County courtroom on four felony counts of arson for allegedly starting two fires near Clear Lake in Northern California, one in September and one in October.
Just days after Halstenberg's arraignment, officials arrested a Cal Fire engineer, Robert Hernandez, 38, on suspicion of starting fires on forested land in the areas surrounding Geyserville, Healdsburg and Windsor in Sonoma County. Gianni Muschetto, Cal Fire's chief of law enforcement, said the agency has arrested 109 people so far this year on suspicion of arson. The number for all of 2023 was 111, he said.
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