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Man Arrested Setting Fire in CA
NBC4 ^ | 10/28/03 | genoman45

Posted on 10/29/2003 10:00:51 AM PST by 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.

Copyright 2003 by NBC4.tv. All rights reserved.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: arsonist; california; captured; fire
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1 posted on 10/29/2003 10:00:51 AM PST by genoman45
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To: genoman45
Get a rope.
2 posted on 10/29/2003 10:02:28 AM PST by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: genoman45
50K? Considering the loss of life and property caused by these arsonists, that's kinda CHEAP.

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3 posted on 10/29/2003 10:04:55 AM PST by Jaded (Personally, I think we should bring back flogging and burning at the stake.)
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To: genoman45
Doesn't sound Norwegian...
4 posted on 10/29/2003 10:05:27 AM PST by Egon (Safety Tip: You can get AIDS by sitting at a public toilet before the previous person vacates!)
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To: Jaded
If he gets out he will be long gone before I finish this post.
5 posted on 10/29/2003 10:05:55 AM PST by boomop1
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To: Frank_Discussion
***Get a rope***

And a sturdy tree, if there are any left.

6 posted on 10/29/2003 10:07:12 AM PST by kitkat
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To: Frank_Discussion
Get a rope.

No, they should just release him.

Of course, they should release him by dropping him buck naked into the center of the largest fire that is now burning. He likes fire? Give him a real big one to play in.

7 posted on 10/29/2003 10:07:24 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy
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To: genoman45
Armouchian sounds Armenian.
8 posted on 10/29/2003 10:07:32 AM PST by omega4412
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To: genoman45
Armenian.
9 posted on 10/29/2003 10:07:55 AM PST by B Knotts
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To: genoman45
set him on fire
10 posted on 10/29/2003 10:08:01 AM PST by petercooper (Proud member of the VRWC)
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To: genoman45
I hope they investigate him as a possible suspect in the
other fires as well. He was arrested 1 mile from my house!
YIKES. I wondered lastnight if all the fires could be
a terrorist scheme...since they want us to fail economically....This is devastating financially.
11 posted on 10/29/2003 10:08:03 AM PST by sonserae
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To: genoman45
It's Armenian.

12 posted on 10/29/2003 10:08:14 AM PST by Dallas59
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To: genoman45
Armenian.
13 posted on 10/29/2003 10:09:36 AM PST by nicksaunt
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To: sonserae
I'm sure that the fires are a combination of careless hikers & campers, lit cigarettes thrown out of car windows, and firebug copycats. Of course, the fault for all of the fires lies at the feet of the whacko environmentalists who have prevented any logging or even the removal of dead wood.
14 posted on 10/29/2003 10:11:38 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy
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To: omega4412
Both the first and last names are Armenian.

It's fairly funny, you can tell a few people get really jazzed when they see it's one of dem funny-lookin' furriner names but then you find out that there are no Muslim Armenians and it's an entirely Christian country and population.

Of course, now people are clinging to him either 1) being a Muslim convert, which is a real stretch or 2) the name being fake.
15 posted on 10/29/2003 10:11:38 AM PST by John H K
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To: Frank_Discussion
Lynching is too good for him. "Drawing and quartering" sounds better to me.
16 posted on 10/29/2003 10:13:21 AM PST by LiteKeeper
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To: John H K
Well...I don't think he was there to barbeque his famous Armenian kabobs.
17 posted on 10/29/2003 10:14:19 AM PST by sonserae
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To: genoman45




"Armouchian" sounds Armenian, but it desn't show up in Google searches.

"Armoudian" does. Perhaps there was a misspelling.


18 posted on 10/29/2003 10:14:27 AM PST by Sabertooth (No Drivers' Licences for Illegal Aliens. Petition SB60. http://www.saveourlicense.com/n_home.htm)
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To: LiteKeeper
Probably still need the rope, then...
19 posted on 10/29/2003 10:14:31 AM PST by Frank_Discussion (May the wings of Liberty never lose a feather!)
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To: John H K
there are no Muslim Armenians

Oh come on, there has to be at least one, somewhere.

20 posted on 10/29/2003 10:14:58 AM PST by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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