A man suspected of setting multiple vehicles on fire in San Jose last month was arrested, police said on Monday.
The San Jose Police Department identified the suspect in a press release as 30-year-old unhoused San Jose resident Jose Rodriguez-Barragan. He is believed to have started about five car fires on January 21 and about six more on January 27, resulting in some 19 vehicles being set on fire, police said.
Investigators used the city’s public safety camera database, reviewed hours of surveillance footage, canvassed the locations of the fires, and interviewed multiple victims and witnesses, to identify Rodriguez-Barragan as the primary suspect, the department said…