CA-RRU: Riverside County CAL FIRE Arson Investigators busy this year

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

CA-RRU: Riverside County CAL FIRE Arson Investigators busy this year

2010 Proves a Busy Year for Riverside County CAL FIRE Peace Officers

In recent weeks, five arrests for fire-related incidents were made throughout Riverside County by CAL FIRE investigators; bringing the total to 18 so far this year.

On September 20, 2010, CAL FIRE Investigators arrested two juvenile males, ages 15 and 16 years in La Quinta. The youths were transported to Riverside County Juvenile Hall in Indio where they were booked on drug-related charges and arson to property. The Riverside County Juvenile Court is handling the case.

The same day, Warren Perry was arrested for setting fire to an occupied home and vehicle in Moreno Valley. Perry, 58, was transported to the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside and booked on charges of recklessly starting a fire and arson to property.

CAL FIRE Investigators made another arrest on October 12, 2010. 21-year old Juan Antonio Godinez was arrested and transported to the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside. Godinez was booked and charged with arson, residential burglary and attempt to steal a vehicle in Perris on September 6, 2010.

Finally, CAL FIRE Investigators arrested Troy Lynn Proctor, 47, on October 15, 2010 and booked at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside on charges of residential burglary and arson to an inhabited home that occurred in Moreno Valley on July 4, 2010. The recent arrests of Perry, Godinez and Proctor are considered serious arson cases and now being handled by the Riverside County District Attorneys Office.

Matthew Ellen Kehoe was arrested on September 27, 2010 by CAL FIRE Investigators for setting fire to a dumpster, which damaged an adjacent building in Banning. The Riverside County District Attorneys Office charged Kehoe with one count of PC 451 (d) (arson to property) and he was sentenced to two years and eight months in prison.

Anyone witnessing suspicious fire activity is urged to contact the Riverside County Fire Department Arson Hotline at 1-800-633-2836.

More info:

Jody Hagemann
Public Affairs Bureau
(951) 940-6985

No comments:

How fires get their names

Every year in California thousands of wildfires start throughout the state. In most cases, the dispatch center sending the initial resources to a wildland fire will designate a name for the fire, but the first on scene engine or fire official can also name the incident. Fires are usually named for the area in which they start – a geographical location, local landmark, street, lake, mountain, peak, etc. Quickly naming the fire provides responding fire resources with an additional locater, and allows fire officials to track and prioritize incidents by name. For example during the Southern California Fire Siege of 2003, the largest wildland fire in California history, the Cedar Fire in San Diego County, was named after the Cedar Creek Falls area where it started. The destructive Old Fire, which burned during the same time period in San Bernardino County, was named after the road along which it started - Old Waterman Canyon Road.

CAL FIRE is the largest fire department in California and the second largest fire department in the United States. CDF - CAL FIRE Firefighters answer the call more than 300,000 times a year. CAL FIRE Firefighters make up the fire department for 30 of our 58 counties in California and more than 100 local communities. We serve as the incident command during many of California’s most serious disasters. CAL FIRE Firefighters respond to many various types and forms of calls ranging from structural fires, to auto accidents, to earthquakes, to floods, to the spilling of hazardous materials, to every conceivable disaster; CAL FIRE answer's the calls. CAL FIRE is the largest fire department in California and the second largest fire department in the United States . CAL FIRE firefighters protect 33 million acres of State Responsibility Area (SRA). We have over 4,000 members within CAL FIRE and CAL FIRE is associated with the California Professional Firefighters (CPF) and the International Association of Firefighters (IAFF).

CFN - CALIFORNIA FIRE NEWS - CAL FIRE NEWS

Wednesday, October 20, 2010