Arson
Man sentenced over 13 years for setting East County wildfires
EL CAJON — A man who set nine separate East County wildfires last fall was sentenced this week to 13 years and four months in...
Woman confesses to arson at Oceanside movie theater
OCEANSIDE — A woman confessed to setting an arson fire last week at an unoccupied movie theater after being spotted by police on surveillance video,...
Arson fire put out at unoccupied Oceanside movie theater
OCEANSIDE — Authorities said today a fire was deliberately set in a plastic drainage pipe outside a movie theatre in downtown Oceanside with nobody inside...
Arson caught on camera at San Marcos office space
SAN MARCOS — The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is seeking the public’s assistance in identifying a man wanted in connection with an arson incident...
UPDATE: Police arrest man on suspicion of starting Carlsbad fire
UPDATE: The Carlsbad Police made an arrest for arson. Details in the story. CARLSBAD — Area firefighters extinguished a 10-acre vegetation fire after roughly 90...
Homeless woman pleads not guilty to arson in series of Carlsbad fires
CARLSBAD — A homeless woman pleaded not guilty today to seven felony arson counts for allegedly lighting a series of fires in Carlsbad last month,...
Carlsbad Police arrest transient woman in connection with Park Drive blaze
CARLSBAD — The Carlsbad Police Department arrested a 49-year-old transient woman today on suspicion of arson related to Wednesday’s brush fire near the north side...