June 2, 2022
California – Jack Stanley Seprish, a transient, was nabbed while allegedly attempting to burglarize a home in the area of two Sonoma County brush fires.
He has since been charged with 10 counts of arson in addition to a burglary charge, and his bail was set at $920,000 during an arraignment hearing Tuesday, the San Francisco Chronicle reported.
Cal Fire’s Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit, along with Monte Rio Fire Protection District and Sonoma County Fire District, responded to the first fire at approximately 6:12 p.m., and while firefighters were still at that scene, a second blaze was reported nearby, according to Cal Fire.
Residents reported seeing a White male, later identified as Seprish, at the scenes of two separate vegetation fires near the 9500 block of Bohemian Highway Thursday evening.
Deputies with the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office nabbed Seprish on suspicion of burglarizing a nearby home, but further investigation connected him to at least 10 separate brush fires, according to Cal Fire.
