Man detained over possible arson
HESPERIA - An unidentified man was being detained late Tuesday for attempting to light a possible arson fire at the Mojave River Forks Campground near Highway 173 and Arrowhead Lake Road in Hesperia, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Cindy Beavers said.
About 8:50 p.m., a woman driving past the Mojave Forks Campground, witnessed “a subject crouched down and then she saw fire,” Beavers said.
The woman immediately called the police, Beavers said, thus alerting and Sheriff’s deputies and CHP officers who were in the area setting up roadblocks.
Officers found the male suspect on a motorcycle at a nearby mini-market on Arrowhead Lake Road.
The man has not yet been arrested but the incident is being investigated, Beavers said.
--Selicia Kennedy-Ross