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Posted on 06/26/2026 11:07:56 AM PDT by libstripper
The jury in the trial about the origin of the devastating January 2025 fires in Los Angeles has reached a verdict.
Jonathan Rinderknecht, 30, faced three federal charges of destruction of property by means of fire, arson affecting property used in interstate commerce and timber set afire for the January 2025 Palisades Fire.
The former Uber driver pleaded not guilty in October and faces up to 45 years in prison. Prosecutors argued that Rinderknecht intentionally and maliciously started a previous fire on a popular hiking trail known as Skull Rock on Jan. 1, called the Lachman Fire, that smoldered for days before metastasizing into the giant Palisades Fire six days later.
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Well? ...We’re waiting!
Using surveillance footage, cellphone data and his own digital trail, including questions to ChatGPT about whether cigarettes can start wildfires, prosecutors placed Rinderknecht at the ignition point shortly before the Lachman Fire was reported. He had been driving for Uber that night and remained in the neighborhood after dropping off his last passenger. Rinderknecht knew it well, prosecutors said, as he and an ex-boyfriend once shared an home nearby.
Great reporting /s/. What was the verdict? Not mentioned in the whole article I read. I assume it was guilty but...
I read on X it was a hung jury
Found, from another source, the judge declared a mistrial. Jury was deadlocked on his guilt or innocence
Did they?
The article doesn’t say what the jury did.
As a matter of fact, I just posted a story thst says its a mistrial.
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4385569/posts
Msn have their head up their azz or what?
Crud - I saw a mistrial picture too
“NBC News via MSN”
There’s the problem.
It IS a mistrial.
Once again the liberal media fumbles the ball through the back of the end zone. SMH
Ok, so the guy that started the fire got prosecuted, but how about the people who prevented the fires from being put out?
I hope they fry him - but California...
Iām sorry but it sounds like an accident. He dropped a cigarette. Unless he knew it would burn down hundreds of homes, I would find him innocent. If someone drops a soda on the ground and someone trips and falls ends up dying, does the soda drinker go to jail? No! And thank goodness for that.
It was six days from when he was there until the fire broke out. Sounds like reasonable doubt to me.
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