Stories. We are looking at a wildfire burning out of control along the San Mateo County coast. This began just before 9 00 south of Half Moon Bay. Good evening, everyone. Im carolyn johnson. Im dan ashley. First, breaking news in the search for a serial arsonist in the south bay. They arrested a suspect accused of setting a dozen fires in the past week. Ama dates is live in san jose with breaking details. Ama . Dan and carolyn, that person is suspected of setting 13 fires. You can see some of the damage in the video we shot. Homes, condos and a portable building behind a church that was set on fire last week. It was a rash of arsons and as you said tonight, the San Jose Police department has confirmed that the departments covert Response Unit arrested a man shortly after 8 00 in connection with the arsons. A suspect will be book eld into the Santa Clara County jail. The search intensified over the weekend. Abc7 news obtained this Surveillance Video of a man walking in the neighborhood
Amy . Good morning, cheryl, we just talked to one of the fire victims who says he is very happy about this news and very relieved. Here is the mug shot we have for you of 48yearold patrick brennan, they said he set between 12 fires between last wednesday, the 8th, and sunday, the 12th, including the fivealarm warehouse fire that ended up shutting down streets and schools. Police say that brennan has committed arson in other states and served time for it. They arrested had him last night, he went willingly, and did not put up a fight. At this point we are extremely certain that we have the individual responsible for all the arsons that have occurred in the city. We conducted as Sergeant Randall mentioned, a search warrant on his residence where we retrieved additional items showing him to have been the person who committed these crimes. Reporter police had Surveillance Video of him outside a home that was set on fire. They say that was extremely helpful. Their other big break came when
What you learned, ken . Reporter Gasia Mikaelian we have learned from official confirmation that an arrest has been made in a series of arsons. What we can tell you is our own, robert honda, talked to sources saying an arrest has been made and this person was here at Police Headquarters tonight undergoing questioning. The location of the arrest at this time it is not known. We are told that the arrest took place sometime after 7 00 this evening. Now, the Police Released this sketch, that sketch was released over the weekend. The sketch was put together from numerous Surveillance Systems from Home Security systems that showed a person walking near the fire scene and ktvu had exclusive view that we showed you yesterday of a man igniting one of 13 fires deemed intentionally set in the past week. All in the same neighborhood. All of the fires set early in the morning. One fire burned a victorrian home on 17th and saint johns street on saturday. The homeowners say they were asleep and would
Even attempted murder. Live in san jose, im damian trujillo, nbc bay area news. Sit a big story. Thank you. Lets bring in marianne favro. Whats brennans story . Reporter neighbors say that Patrick Brennan moved into this Mobile Home Park you see behind me just a few months ago. They said he had no idea that he was the suspect. The entire city had been looking for him. But they tell me now that hes been arrested it seems to make sense. Just a few yards from this Mobile Home Park is a church that he is accused of setting on fire. Patrick brennan, the man now accused of set thing san jose warehouse fire and at least a dozen others, is an experienced arsonist. In 1995, he was convicted of setting fires in the grand canyon. San jose police also linked him with fires in Santa Clara County in 1999. And Campbell Police confirmed while he lived in campbell from 1995 to 1999, he was on the states arson registry. For the past few months, 48yearold brennan has lived in this small trailer in san jo
Collecting evidence and arresting 48yearold Patrick William brenon, who the Police Believe hes responsible for a number of fires. He surrendered quietly. He was not agitated. He was caught on tape several times. The most incriminating was the video of a man setting a home on fire. Videos were crucial and assisted us in identifying once we had the person of interest. Police say brenon became the person of interest after a hid night duty sergeant did a seven of databases. Hes a sex and arson offender. He was arrested in 2001 for Sexual Battery of a relative and numerous arson convictions dating back to the 90s. When were able to find someone on the registry, it was definitely a good lead. Hes charged with two counts of arson. Hes also now a suspect in the huge san jose warehouse fire last week that, because of its size had not been included as an arson fire before. If you have a number of fires in a small area like that youre going to suspect them all to be a part of the hole. That one j