A federal grand jury indicted the 29-year-old Florida man who is accused of starting a blaze that eventually turned into the deadly Palisades Fire in January.

Jonathan Rinderknecht, who lived in the Pacific Palisades in the past, was charged with three counts related to the alleged arson, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. If convicted as charged, Rinderknecht faces a mandatory minimum of five years in federal prison and a maximum sentence of 45 years.

During a press conference last week, federal investigators said Rinderknecht allegedly ignited the Lachman Fire, six days before the Palisades Fire began. While firefighters quickly contained the Lachman Fire to about eight acres, the fire continued to smolder and burn underground roots. Federal prosecutors described it

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