arsonist

When officials suspect there’s a serial arsonist at work, Muschetto said, plainclothes investigators may surveil a suspect.

A convicted arsonist who was 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.

The Line fire in San Bernardino County has burned mostly Forest Service land, but investigators believe an arsonist started it in an adjacent suburb.

She said there are things that her son does that she does not approve of but that “he is not an arsonist.”

She said there are things that her son does that she does not approve of but that “he is not an arsonist.”