Authorities Arrest Suspected Arsonist (California)

News4 ^ | October 28, 2003

[hotpotato]

ANGELES NATIONAL FOREST -- A man was arrested Tuesday after deputies caught him setting a fire in a steep, remote canyon filled with dry brush and large trees in the Angeles National Forest, according to sheriff detectives.

Hikers in a remote trail about a half-mile north of the Eaton Canyon Bridge in Altadena saw a man making a fire there and alerted authorities, sheriff's Detective Ed Nordskog said.

Los Angeles County Parks officials and deputies arrived about 10 a.m. as the man was standing next to a fire about four feet in diameter. He warned the deputies to stay away and not extinguish the blaze, Nordskog said.

The man, identified as Dikran Armouchian, 23, of Pasadena,

[hotpotato]

I'm not sure if this qualifies as breaking news. I'm in southern California and anything like this seems to be urgent news to us living here. It's been agonizing.

[Yaelle]

Wow. I only hope that he started more than just the one they found him with... It would be great if we caught someone who started one or more of the biggies.

[sourcery]

There are worse crimes than just yelling fire in a crowded theater...

[hotpotato]

The article mentions two fires he started. The firefighters extinguished them both. He's being held on $50,000 bail. It should be more. A LOT more.

[The KG9 Kid]

Yes, this qualifies as breaking news. Well done.

[hotpotato]

The article also mentions that he had been missing but does not say how long he's been missing. Does make one wonder how much mischief he's been up to since the time he's been missing (however long that is).

[Porterville]

Armenian Dikran is an Armenian name.

[tinamina]

Dikran? Is that a good Scandanavian name?

[hotpotato]

I think you are correct.

[Prince Charles]

He should have been shot on sight.

[The KG9 Kid]

"... The man, identified as Dikran Armouchian, 23, of Pasadena"

Say 'Goodnight', Dik.

[PeaceBeWithYou]

....made comments about the fire he had started -- and a smaller one nearby -- as it was extinguished, Nordskog said.

Officials noted that the area was ripe for the fast spread of a fire, he said.

Armouchian, who had been reported missing by his family in Glendale, was booked at the Crescenta Valley Sheriff's Station and held in lieu of $50,000 bail, Nordskog said.

The U.S. Forest Service's Law Enforcement Section and the Sheriff's Arson/Explosives Detail are investigating the case, Nordskog said.

[MEG33]

This is breaking good news.One less firebug.Thank heavens he was caught!

[It's me]

"Dikran"

Hmmm, I wonder where it ran to?

That's probably why he's so angry.

[Waco]

The grocery strike, then the fires, after the recall election. Makes me wonder about the politicians, blame terrorists, the media will run cover.

[Porterville]

From the CIA world fact book click here Religions: Armenian Apostolic 94%, other Christian 4%, Yezidi (Zoroastrian/animist) 2%

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

Does he look like the police sketch which was released today?

[Porterville]

However, very nearly Persian.

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