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Juan Flores was arrested after he confessed to starting several fires, according to Sgt. Steve Owen of the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station.
This month alone, there have been 17 arson fires on and around Lancaster Boulevard, Owen said.
“The majority of these fires occurred in trash cans along Lancaster Boulevard and some dumpsters in the alley ways south of Lancaster Boulevard,” Owen stated in a news release.
On Saturday, Nov. 14, there were seven arson fires in different areas near the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station, which is located on Lancaster Boulevard, according to Owen.
Detectives last week released images from surveillance video of a man setting a fire at a Lancaster dumpster, and they asked for the public’s help in catching the arsonist. Deputies from the Lancaster Community Appreciation Program (LAN-CAP) saw the footage and recognized Flores from a previous encounter, according to Owen.
“Deputy Andrade, assigned to the LAN-CAP Team, spotted the suspect at Lancaster Boulevard and Yucca Avenue. The suspect confessed to starting several fires on and around Lancaster Boulevard,” Owen said.
“This same suspect also had a no bail warrant from a previous incident in which the suspect vandalized four different churches on and around Lancaster Boulevard,” Owen added.
Editor’s note: Juan Flores is 54 years old, according to the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station news release referenced in this article. However, LASD inmate records list Flores as age 56.
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Tim Scott says
Notice how well “Lancaster” and “dumpster fire” fit together…shows what cronyism and corruption can do to a place.
Mike says
You are annoying, we all know the leaps thing is a joke for the most part. But is it nessasarly required that you make a comment every single time something like this is posted. Be part of the solution not the problem.
Beg2differ says
Where was the LEAPS? After all some of these offenses occurred during daylight hours where the City Council’s multimillion $ experiment is a waste of public funds. Kudos to the Sheriff’s department.
Turd Ferguson says
LEAPS was hard at work.LEAPS was hard at work.Making money for Rexs political contributor.Making money for Rexs political contributor.$90,000.00 a month.$90,000.00 a month.For ten years.For ten years.That is $10,800,00.00.That is $10,800,00.00.Of wasted money.Of wasted money.For something that can only catch a Wal-Mart shoplifter.For something that can only catch a Wal-Mart shoplifter.Let Wal-Mart pay for it’s own security.Let Wal-Mart pay for it’s own security.LEAPS is a failure.LEAPS is a failure.LEAPS is a scam.LEAPS is a scam.LEAPS goes up in the air crime goes up on the ground.LEAPS goes up in the air crime goes up on the ground.No other City will buy it.No other City will buy it.No other Sherriffs department will buy it.No other Sherriffs department will buy it.No place is more corrupt.No place is more corrupt.No to LEAPS.No to LEAPS.Yes to Sherriffs.Yes to Sherriffs.More boots on the ground.More boots on the ground.
S says
I never realized how much LEAPS does until recently. Listening to the scanner, going on ride a longs, etc.. Can really be an eye opener
Tim says
I have always realized what a joke LEAPS is. It shows up and does nothing that the Sheriff’s aren’t doing on their own. It came over my house once and was of no use to what was going on down below. They send it out to make it look like it’s doing something. Now it’s being sold as something that can help during emergencies. Like fires and floods. A lot of good LEAPS was during the recent floods.
Can we get a refund?
Fact Check says
LEAPS has been in operation for three years now. It was showcased to about 15 cities and agencies when it first arrived. The goal was to sell LEAPS and its so called cutting edge technology to other governmental agencies in their crime fighting efforts. To date, no other agency, not a single one, has fallen for the false hype of this high dollar, low return contraption. Certainly if it had any merit at all someone, anyone, would gobble this up and put it to work right away.
The truth is LEAPS is a failed experiment from the mind of the same individual who told us that bird sounds would lower crime. No one with half a brain believed that bird sounds would lower crime, and no one with half a brain at any other city or agency thinks that spending a million dollars a year on a Cessna with a camera is a wise use of public funds.
soapbox journal says
Turd Ferguson, I know you are annoying just for the fun of it, but you really really are annoying
Turd Ferguson says
I mean no harm to you soapbox journal.I mean no harm to you soapbox journal.I may be annoying to you but I hope you are more annoyed by the waste of $10,800,000.00.I may be annoying to you but I hope you are more annoyed by the waste of $10,800,000.00.If you are not annoyed by the waste of $10,800,000.00 that is going to line the pocket of Rexs political contributor there is nothing I can do to help you.If you are not annoyed by the waste of $10,800,000.00 that is going to line the pocket of Rexs political contributor there is nothing I can do to help you.If you do agree that it is a waste of taxpayer dollars to give $10,800,000.00 to Rexs political contributor for a useless piece of crap spy plane but still find me more annoying it would be best if you ignored my writings.If you do agree that it is a waste of taxpayer dollars to give $10,800,000.00 to Rexs political contributor for a useless piece of crap spy plane but still find me more annoying it would be best if you ignored my writings.I will not stop speaking out against LEAPS.I will not stop speaking out against LEAPS.No to LEAPS.No to LEAPS.
Tim Scott says
My Turd Ferguson impression:
BLVD project. Dumpster fire.
Repetition with a certain flair.