Posted on 09/12/2020 8:34:23 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie
A man has been arrested and charged with arson for setting a fire in Phoenix that contributed to the spread of what’s now being called the Almeda fire complex.
Michael Jarrod Bakkela, 41, faces two counts of first-degree arson for allegedly lighting a fire Tuesday in the area of Quail Lane and Barnum Drive that damaged 15 properties, threatened the lives of 14 people in nearby neighborhoods and contributed to the Almeda fire that ravaged the town, according to Jackson County Sheriff Nate Sickler.
Police said the Almeda fire had two points of origin, one in Ashland and the other in Phoenix. Bakkela, described by police as a transient, has not been accused of involvement in the Ashland fire.
A criminal investigation and death investigation are underway in Ashland, where the Almeda fire started shortly after 11 a.m. Tuesday, Sickler said Friday at a press conference. A body was found about a mile north of where the fire started on Almeda Drive.
An autopsy confirmed that the male victim — who has not been identified — died in the Ashland fire.
At 5:09 p.m. Tuesday, residents in the 1100 block of Quail Lane called 911 to report that a man, later identified as Bakkela, was lighting a fire near the railroad tracks behind their home.
“Witnesses reported what they thought was suspicious behavior,” Sickler said. “Our deputy located an individual within minutes and took him into custody.”
According to the preliminary investigation, JCSO detectives believe Bakkela drove into a gated area, “parked a vehicle on a very grassy area, started a fire, and then fled north” before he was apprehended.
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Bear Creek, which runs down the center of the valley, is filled with human vermin like this. Strung out, defacating by the creek, garbage everywhere, needles, whoring, drug markets, everything.
Welcome to your Imported Chinese Opium War!
And so what are they going to do to him, besides make excuses for him and let him go?
“Meth addict, homeless, alleged murderer and arsonist.“
You could have just wrote Democrat voter. ;)
“Glo-bull warming”
Keep Oregon Weird
The rednecks are apparently no longer up to the task of meting out the street justice required to maintain civilization.
That whole drug legalization thing has worked out well, hasn’t it?
Feed him nothing but black powder for a week, and then stick a fuse up his ass.
I lovwe your tag line: So true—it’s time to chance what we ccan’t accept. I’m afraid our “eolerance isn’t as civilized as we’ve been told it is.
Antifa?
Vermin are attracted to where vermin gather....Oregon appears to be the latest gathering point...fed, clothed and housed there it’s an easy choice.
I know what would happen to him here if they let him go.
I know what would happen to him here if they let him go.
Unknown. So far.
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Dems will go his bail.
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