Imran Saaduddin Ahmad
Imran Saaduddin Ahmad,a 39-year-old Irvine man, was charged Thursday with setting several fires in Irvine this week, according to the O.C. Register.
Ahmad was charged with numerous felonies including three counts of arson of an inhabited structure and single counts each of arson of a forest and use of a destructive device with the intent to injure. Ahmad is also facing sentencing enhancements for arson with the use of an accelerant. Continue reading
John Howe
City of Irvine
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, PRESS RELEASE #5-7-2014
Subject: Arson Suspect Arrested After Reporting Fire
Contact : Steve Concialdi, Captain, Orange County Fire Authority 714-357-7782, steveconcialdi@ocfa.org
Julia Engen, Commander, Irvine Police Department 949-724-7112, jengen@cityofirvine.org
IRVINE, CA (May 7, 2014): Tuesday May 6, at 7:25 p.m., Irvine Police Officers and the Orange County Fire Authority responded to a brush fire on the hillside, just below Rustling Wind, in the Turtle Rock area of Irvine. Personnel from the OCFA were able to quickly extinguish the fire, limiting the damage to an approximate 40′ x 30′ area of dry grass and preventing any structures or homes from being threatened. Continue reading
UPDATE: Castillo is the son of an 18-year veteran Orange County Fire Authority firefighter stationed in Santa Ana, according to the statement. (NBC News)
NEWS RELEASE, FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: Lt. Jeff Hallock, OCSD, (714) 904-7042/Batt. Chief Kelly Zimmerman, OCFA, (714) 483-0194
Suspect Arrested in Connection with Yorba Linda Arson Fires
YORBA LINDA, CA – (August 26, 2013) – On Sunday August 25, 2013 an arrest was made in connection with three (3) arson fires that were set in the east Yorba Linda area last week. Gabriel Michael Castillo, 19, Anaheim Hills was arrested and booked into Orange County Jail on charges of arson following a collaborative investigation by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department (OCSD), Orange County Fire Authority (OCFA), Anaheim Police Department (APD) and Anaheim Fire & Rescue (AF&R). Continue reading
Orange County District Attorney Press Release
For Immediate Release, Case # 12HF2145: August 22, 2013
*Defendant drafted e-mails detailing plan to murder students and administrators
SANTA ANA – A professor at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), who authored e-mails detailing plans to murder students and administrators at an Irvine high school, was sentenced today to 14 years and four months in state prison for committing a series of arsons at the high school, a home, and park. Rainer Klaus Reinscheid, 49, Irvine, pleaded guilty to a court offer July 9, 2013, to one felony count of arson of another’s property, three felony counts of arson of forestland, two felony counts of arson of a structure, three felony counts of attempted arson, one misdemeanor count of resisting or obstructing an officer, and sentencing enhancements for the use of an accelerant. Reinscheid is scheduled for a restitution hearing Nov. 15, 2013, at 1:45 p.m. in Department C-5, Central Justice Center, Santa Ana. Continue reading