Sonoma County officials arrested a man suspected of setting multiple fires in Cloverdale, law enforcement announced last week.
Deputies with the Sonoma County Sheriff’s Office arrested 29-year-old Luke Deramo on Tuesday, the sheriff’s office wrote on social media. Deramo had previously been identified as a suspect in connection with several fires in the Cloverdale area.
Deputies were attempting to locate Deramo in the Geysers Road area at 9 a.m., the sheriff’s office wrote. While patrolling, a deputy made contact with a woman in a parked car and told her to reach out to law enforcement if she saw Deramo. The woman knew Deramo, the Press Democrat reported.
“Approximately 30 minutes later, the woman called 911 to report that Deramo had emerged from nearby brush, climbed into the bed of her truck, and refused to leave,” the sheriff’s office wrote. “He then vandalized her vehicle with a rock and fled back into the brush near the river.”…