A 35-year-old man is in custody, in lieu of $50,00 bail, today for allegedly setting or trying to set a series of fires in South Pasadena, Pasadena and Los Angeles.
The serial arson suspect, Javier Viera, was taken into custody on Sunday night and booked on suspicion of arson, the South Pasadena Police Department said.
Viera is suspected in 21 arson/attempted arson incidents in South Pasadena, four in Pasadena and one in Los Angeles since mid-November, according to police.
The burnings started as small vegetation fires and escalated to blazes set under or involving parked vehicles, and one involving the exterior door to a business.
A break in the case came when fingerprints were recovered from an incendiary device that did not burn completely. Viera was under surveillance by detectives when he was arrested Sunday in connection with a car fire in Los Angeles, police said.
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