Los Angeles Fires: ‘Person of Interest’ Identified in Kenneth Fire
The Los Angeles Police Department’s Topanga Division arrested Juan Sierra, 33, when “he was seen attempting to a spark of fire,” according to The Los Angeles Times.
I do not know if Sierra was the person arrested yesterday.
The police arrested him “on suspicion of a probation violation.”
However, Ventura County Sheriff’s Department Sgt. Monica Smith confirmed Sierra is also a “person of interest” in the Kenneth fire.
The fire began Thursday along the Ventura County and Los Angeles County lines. It threatened Calabasas and Hidden Hills homes.
Firefighters have it about 35% contained. Authorities lifted the evacuation orders.
More from The LA Times:
Smith said authorities have not ruled out arson as the cause of the blaze. Officer Drake Madison, an LAPD spokesman, said Sierra was spotted attempting to start a fire in the 21700 block of Ybarra Road at 4:32 p.m. Police made the arrest after Sierra was detained by residents who claimed they saw him setting a fire, according to two law enforcement sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation. He has not been charged with setting the fire.While Sierra was being held in LAPD custody, officials determined the origin point of the Kenneth fire was in Ventura County, so the investigation has been turned over to the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office .A man with Sierra’s same birthday has been arrested at least three other times by Los Angeles police since 2023, according to L.A. County jail records. It was not immediately clear what his prior arrests were for, or what offense he was on probation for. A spokeswoman for the L.A. County Probation Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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