Crime & Safety
Lake County Man Suspected Of Setting 2 Fires: Cal Fire
Crews with the Cal Fire Sonoma Lake Napa Unit saw the man at the scene of the fire and requested a response from law enforcement.
LAKE COUNTY, CA — A Clearlake Oaks man remained behind bars Friday following his arrest early Tuesday at the scene of a vegetation fire.
Crews with Cal Fire's Sonoma Lake Napa Unit responded at 2:03 a.m. Tuesday to the blaze on New Long Valley Road near Pomo Trail, according to Tyree Zander, a Cal Fire spokesperson.
There were two separate fires and crews extinguished both, Zander said.
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Firefighters also saw a person in the area so they asked Cal Fire law enforcement and the Lake County Sheriff's Office to respond.
A sheriff's deputy detained the man, later identified as 28-year-old Joseph Edward Calia, until Cal Fire law enforcement arrived.
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"Upon completion of an investigation, it was determined that the individual was suspected of intentionally setting both fires," Zander said Thursday in a news release.
Calia was arrested and booked into Lake County jail on suspicion of two felony counts of arson and one misdemeanor count of trespassing. His bail was set at $100,000 and he was still in custody Friday, according to jail records.
St Helena - CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit - On June 23,2020 CAL FIRE Law Enforcement made an arson arrest linked to the #NewFire in Clearlake Oaks. #CALFIRE #CALFIRELNU#CALFIRELawEnforcement pic.twitter.com/qQ9b7gb0CQ
— CAL FIRE LNU (@CALFIRELNU) June 26, 2020
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