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LOS ANGELES (KTLA) — Two alleged looters, 1 of whom was dressed arsenic a firefighter, were detained by Los Angeles County authorities connected Sunday on the Pacific Coast Highway successful Pacific Palisades.
It’s unclear precisely what clip the suspects were stopped, but a section lensman spotted the brace connected a scooter and a moped. One of the suspects was dressed successful occurrence boots, jeans, and a yellowish occurrence overgarment emblazoned with Cal Fire’s aged acronym CDF, which stood for California Department of Forestry and Fire.
Eric Fox told Nexstar's KTLA helium saw the brace riding up the Pacific Coast Highway.
Homes on Pacific Coast Highway are seen burned and damaged portion a fewer inactive basal aft the Palisades Fire, Jan. 12, 2025, successful Malibu, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)“As I pulled up to the checkpoint to study them, the deputies had already detained them,” Fox explained.
Two transgression prevention portion deputies from the Los Angeles Sheriff's Department's Santa Clarita Station, who were assisting with the Palisades Fire, made the stops, on with California Highway Patrol and National Guardsmen, who were each manning the checkpoint.
Photos of the 2 individuals amusement them successful handcuffs sitting connected the sidewalk conscionable extracurricular the Getty Villa arsenic deputies hunt them.
Sheriff’s officials posted an image of the handcuffed fake firefighter connected societal media.
No accusation was provided connected the alleged looters' identities oregon if they were caught with immoderate stolen property.
Officials aboriginal said the idiosyncratic dressed arsenic a firefighter was released. It was unclear what happened to the fishy pictured wearing a helmet and boots.
Approximately 50 miles distant successful Irwindale, firefighters battling a tiny brushwood occurrence adjacent Rivergrade Road and the 605 Freeway, spotted an alleged arsonist starting fires. The suspect, a 29-year-old Baldwin Park resident, was taken into custody by police.
In Santa Monica, officials said that successful the past 5 days, 39 radical person been arrested successful evacuation zones, 10 of whom were recovered successful possession of burglary tools and are considered burglary suspects.
L.A. County District Attorney Nathan Hochman is acceptable to denote charges connected Tuesday against suspects successful respective caller arrests for arson and looting.
