Arrest Made In 'Suspicious' Palo Alto Fires: Police

PALO ALTO, CA -- A 23-year-old Palo Alto man was arrested Saturday as the suspect in a string of allegedly suspicious fires early Friday in the city. According to Palo Alto police, a patrol officer who spotted Terry Hill Jr. at about 9 p.m. Saturday in the 600 block of Urban Lane thought Hill bore a strong resemblance to a person of interest in the fires who had been captured on surveillance in the area of Friday's Palo Alto Avenue fire.

"After further investigation, police booked [Hill] into the Santa Clara County Main Jail for four felony counts of arson," Palo Alto police stated in a news release.

The four fires occurred between 2 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. Friday in the downtown area and were all deemed suspicious by police and fire investigators. A surveillance image of a person of interest was released Friday to the public and the media.

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According to police: the first fire caused significant damage to a parked vehicle on the 600 block of Urban Lane; the second involved a dumpster on the 100 block of Palo Alto Avenue; the third occurred inside of a parking garage on the 500 block of High Street; and the last caused damage to the foliage along a bicycle path near the intersection of Alma Street and Homer Avenue.

Police were continuing their investigation and asked anyone with information to call 650-329-2413. Anonymous tips can be emailed to paloalto@tipnow.org or sent via text message or voicemail to 650-383-8984.

Photos via Palo Alto Police Department