Man Arrested Setting Fire in CA

NBC4 ^ | 10/28/03 | genoman45

[genoman45]

What is the nationality of Dikran Armouchian sounds Turkish - is this a major story, if so, why is not now national? Genoman

Authorities Arrest Suspected Arsonist Hikers In Eaton Canyon Reported Man POSTED: 10:04 p.m. PST October 28, 2003

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, 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.

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[Rutles4Ever]

It could be just about anything at this point. I think John H K is just setting the record straight because, yes, they are roughly Persian, but most people don't know that Armenia is a unique nation in the Middle East. That's not to say this guy ISN'T some kind of recruit -- he could be, but I think Armenians are automatically (and understandably)lumped in with Islamics...

I think he's an ELF, myself. If there's more to it, we'll (hopefully) find out...

[Porterville]

Well, I hear rumors of two in a van or car... that is a plot... a conspiracy... and it come down to who??? Who want to screw up the economy of the US??? ELF and Al Queda. So naturally we deduce through the background of the one perp caught thus far.

[Guillermo]

Ha! I can't believe I fell for it!

I thought I remembered reading it out of a credible source.

[drjimmy]

I think he's an ELF, myself.

Say it ain't so!

[tsomer]

(I am not Armenian, but am married to one)...

I am too, and she's scorched my ass a couple of times ;-)

[Willie Green]

This is a duplicate post of the following thread:
Authorities Arrest Suspected Arsonist (California)

It's time for a posting refresher course (Welcome Newbies)

[Revolting cat!]

I agree (with your oponents.) Are you a pre nine-ten vacuum? The guy is obviously a Muslim wetback who crossed illegaly our unprotected border with Armenia which is right in the neighborhood of the world that hates us most.

[Mike Darancette]

I think that this guy might be a few bricks short in the grey matter department.

[paul51]

you find out that there are no Muslim Armenians

Yeah, well. Let's pretend

[hotpotato]

Snopes is your friend :-)

[jonatron]

I've been told that names ending in -ian are Armenian.

[Pagey]

FYI The last time we had a fire go all the way across our San Gabriel Mountains (that was started by a transient btw), they let the guy go free and no charges were brought against him. Some things, I'm told, I'll never understand until after I'm dead, this happens to be one of them.

[Marysecretary]

He's not. I think it sounds more Armenian.

[Marysecretary]

Not all of them. Two men were seen throwing flaming objects out the window, starting one of the fires.

[Egon]

He's not. I think it sounds more Armenian.

Sorry, I forgot my < SARCASM > tags. ;>

[dljordan]

Sounds Armenian or thereabouts. Clearly a nutcase.

[Marysecretary]

I'm Norwegian, you know, and defensive (smile).

[Egon]

Most definitely.

BTW, before I get blasted by every Scandanvian here, I was being sarcastic. I'm Norwegian-- this guy's name clearly doesn't come from up "Nord" -- as we say in Minnesota. Nor are there very many 4-year-olds carrying bombs in their carry-on luggage accompanied by their "yuppy" parents-- but you wouldn't know it to walk through an airport today. < /RANT >

[Egon]

My apologies-- so am I. My biggest regret is not learning the language from my grandfather.

[omega4412]

Further attention, yes. But a lot of those fires are started by crazies, idiots, and incompetents.

http://library.nps.navy.mil/home/tgp/armenian.htm

Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA)

Marxist-Leninist Armenian terrorist group formed in 1975
with stated intention to compel the Turkish Government to
acknowledge publicly its alleged responsibility for the
deaths of 1.5 million Armenians in 1915, pay reparations,
and cede territory for an Armenian homeland. Led by Hagop
Hagopian until he was assassinated in Athens in April 1988.