He was being held without the possibility of bail at the West Valley Detention Center in Rancho Cucamonga.
A Cal Fire investigator on Sept. 5, 2024, examines the area near Base Line and Aplin streets in Highland where the Line fire is believed to have started. Justin Wayne Halstenberg, 34, of Norco, was charged on Sept. 12 with nine felony arson counts. was charged with nine felonies on Thursday, Sept. 12, including one count of aggravated arson that would carry a sentence of 11 years in state prison to as much as a life term.
Aggravated arson can be charged when a suspect “willfully, maliciously, deliberately, with premeditation” ignites a fire to injure someone or damage property, according to the state Penal Code. At least $7 million in damage or costs are needed in order to charge someone with aggravated arson. They did learn what Rodriguez described as a “signature” method of igniting the fire that she declined to describe.for instance, tried various ways to set numerous fires in the Banning area in 2006 before settling on matches wrapped around a cigarette with a rubber band to set the Esperanza fire that killed five U.S. Forest Service firefighters.
The fire was reported at 5:45 p.m. on Sept. 5. Investigators used images from automated license-plate readers to connect Halsternberg to the ignition.“It seems like the crews up there have everything under control,” said Fabian Herrera, a spokesman for the incident command. “It’s very steep,” Herrera said. “It’s expected that the fire is going to grow. Once it reaches the top of the ridge, it is expected to plateau.”
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