Judge declares mistrial in Palisades Fire arson trial after jury deadlocked – CBS News Watch CBS News A judge declared a mistrial in the case against a man accused of starting a fire that grew into the deadly 2025 Palisades Fire. The jury was deadlocked during deliberations. CBS News Los Angeles has more. Source link
A California jury failed to reach a consensus on whether Jonathan Rinderknecht deliberately sparked the deadly fire that destroyed thousands of Los Angeles homes. Source link
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LOS ANGELES — Attorneys are weighing their options after a jury said it could not decide whether to convict the man accused of sparking the deadly 2025 Palisades Fire in Los Angeles after two days of deliberation. Jurors said Thursday they couldn’t reach a consensus in the trial of 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht on three federal … Read more
The jury in the trial about the origin of the devastating January 2025 fires in Los Angeles has reached a verdict. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ad-free reading. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 30, faced three federal charges of destruction of property by means of fire, arson affecting property … Read more
A jury has reached a verdict in the case against Jonathan Rinderknecht, the man accused of starting the blaze that turned into the deadly and destructive Palisades Fire in 2025. The verdict is expected to be announced in court shortly. Prosecutors argued that Rinderknecht maliciously started a fire near the Pacific Palisades community in Los Angeles in … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Firefighters delivered conflicting testimony Monday during the federal arson trial for the man accused of sparking the deadly Palisades Fire in Los Angeles last year, with one saying he heard fireworks before the blaze started and the other saying he did not. The government has accused Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, of sparking a … Read more
LOS ANGELES — A man distraught over a failed relationship “maliciously” started a New Year’s Day fire in the first hours of 2025 that, a week later, metastasized into one of the worst disasters in Los Angeles history, federal prosecutors said Wednesday in opening statements. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to … Read more
LOS ANGELES — A federal arson trial begins Monday for the man accused of sparking last year’s deadly Palisades Fire as the area struggles to rebuild and the aftermath reverberates through the Los Angeles mayor’s race. Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, has pleaded not guilty to starting what became one of the most destructive wildfires in California … Read more
FILE – A tattered U.S. flag flaps in the wind over the remains of a mobile home park that was destroyed in the Palisades Fire along the Pacific Ocean, Dec. 5, 2025, in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, file) The Associated Press Source link