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FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A Fresno car store proprietor has mislaid his store aft a antheral acceptable it connected occurrence past weekend. The suspect, Steven Reinhart, 43, was arrested Tuesday and booked into the Fresno County Jail with a bail acceptable astatine $290,000.
Fiery footage captures the beforehand of Rod’s Custom Electronics and Accessories arsenic it becomes engulfed successful flames. The occurrence dispersed to the shop, past 3 cars, a forklift, and a trailer. The owner, Rod, said the fishy started the fire from the alley, and his store is present a full loss.
"Why these individuals take to bash what they do? I person nary idea. I privation I did," said Fresno Fire's Deputy Fire Marshal Jay Tracy. He tells YourCentralValley.com that Reinhart acceptable the store connected occurrence connected Saturday astir 1 a.m. "I get accusation that he's homeless, but past we were capable to place a benignant of residence that helium is affiliated with. I cognize he's had immoderate past run-ins with instrumentality enforcement, but I don't cognize the specifics connected those," Tracy added.
He was taken into custody 3 days aboriginal and charged with 7 counts of arson. "We've identified 3 abstracted occurrence locations, but there's aggregate counts, too. One of those that includes structures and vehicles," Tracy said. The 3rd location, Tracy said, was nearby.
Rod, who has had his shop for implicit 25 years, says astir the aforesaid clip his occurrence started, surveillance video caught the fishy shoving a cigaret and insubstantial into a message chute further down Van Ness Avenue.
"It pulls america distant from the calls that we're here, we're truly present to do. You know, ne'er talk for anybody, but I cognize my chief, I cognize that our politician and our metropolis manager and the main of constabulary are each connected committee with saying, ‘Hey, this is precise unacceptable behavior,’ and we volition analyse these cases. And if possible, we volition find you and apprehension you," helium said.
Rod says they bash person security and program to rebuild. But for now, he and his 4 employees are subleasing a store to proceed their work.
