ACTON \u2013 A 23-year-old Quartz Hill man was arrested early Wednesday morning for allegedly causing a two-acre brush fire in Acton, authorities said.<\/p>\n
Christopher Hayes<\/strong> was taken into custody in connection with a fire that broke out near Soledad Canyon Road and Crown Valley Parkway, according to Deputy Guillermina Saldana of the Sheriff\u2019s Information Bureau.<\/p>\n After Los Angeles County firefighters doused the blaze, the sheriff\u2019s Arson\/Explosives Detail responded to the area around 4:15 a.m. to assist with the investigation, Saldana stated.<\/p>\n \u201cArson detectives found that Palmdale deputies contacted a man at the location who fire personnel said was near the fire site while they were attempting to extinguish the fire. Deputies arrested him for being in possession of a gun,\u201d Saldana stated. \u201cArson investigators discovered that the suspect had been staying at an illegal encampment he built, and his fire for cooking ignited the nearby brush.\u201d<\/p>\n Christopher Hayes was arrested on suspicion of unlawfully causing a fire and being a felon in possession of a gun. He was booked at the sheriff’s Palmdale Station and held without bail.<\/p>\n Anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to contact the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Arson\/Explosives Detail at 323-881-7500. To remain anonymous, call Crime Stoppers at 800-222-TIPS (8477).<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ACTON \u2013 A 23-year-old Quartz Hill man was arrested early Wednesday morning for allegedly causing a two-acre brush fire in Acton, authorities said. Christopher Hayes was taken into custody in connection with a fire that broke out near Soledad Canyon Road and Crown Valley Parkway, according to Deputy Guillermina Saldana of the Sheriff\u2019s Information Bureau. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1492,719],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64731"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}