More than eight months after the devastating Palisades Fire in Los Angeles County was finally contained, the Department of Justice on Wednesday announced that they had made an arrest in connection with the massive January blaze, which killed 12 people and destroyed thousands of structures in coastal communities, becoming one of the most destructive wildfires in California history.

Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, was apprehended Tuesday near his residence in Melbourne, Florida, and has been federally charged with “destruction of property by means of fire,” acting U.S. Attorney Bill Essayli said at a press conference on Wednesday. This felony charge, he added, carried a mandatory minimum prison sentence of five years in federal prison but is punishable by up to 20 years in prison. Rinderkn

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