The man accused of starting the fire has European roots, lived in one of the priciest neighborhoods in the U.S. and drove for ...

The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht, worked as an Uber driver. During the firestorm, federal officials said he relocated to Florida, where he was taken into custody.

Palisades fire — which killed 12 people and damaged or destroyed thousands of structures during an uncommon windstorm that swept through Southern California, federal authorities announced on Wednesday ...

Federal authorities announced that they have arrested 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht of Melbourne, Fla., and charged him ...

A Florida man has been arrested, accused of starting what became the deadly and destructive "Palisades Fire" on Jan. 1, 2025, ...

Jonathan Rinderknecht was described as a loner with a ‘despondent view of the world’ who lived paycheck to paycheck.

Authorities have made an arrest in connection with the deadly, devastating Palisades Fire that ravaged part of Los Angeles ...

Rick Crawford, a former battalion chief for the LAFD, said Jonathan Rinderknecht showed signs of “typical firebug behavior.” ...

Rinderknecht has been assigned a public defender. He did not enter a plea during an initial court hearing Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Orlando. At a hearing Thursday morning, a federal judge ...

Federal prosecutors say the man accused of igniting the fire that devastated Pacific Palisades in January left behind a trail of digital and behavioral clues — from an AI-generated image of a ...

The man charged in connection with one of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires on record in California will remain in ...