Deplorable Redneck
2018-08-03 02:07:40 UTC
Two people were arrested Sunday on suspicion of looting homes
that had been evacuated earlier due to an explosive wildfire.
Jade Ball, 25, and Jack Fannin, 19, of Redding, were found with
what police said was evidence tying them to several burglaries.
Authorities said Fannin told deputies that the pair went into
three homes looking for water, The Record Searchlight reported.
The so-called Carr Fire prompted mandatory evacuations for tens
of thousands of people in Redding, a city hundreds of miles
north of San Francisco. It has destroyed over 650 houses.
Authorities said a homeowner who stayed behind flagged down an
officer after he noticed evidence that people had been in his
house.
Officers found a nearby home with evidence of a broken-in door
and discovered electronic items stacked by the front door.
Police said they do not believe the homeowners placed the items
like that before evacuating.
Fire crews, in the meantime, were stretched to their limits
across the state fighting flames that have claimed the lives of
two firefighters and six civilians.
Residents of the waterfront town Lakeport fled Sunday after a
major flare-up of two fires that combined across Mendocino and
Lake counties destroyed at least four homes. Lakeport, home to
about 5,000, is around 120 miles north of San Francisco.
To the northeast, a massive fire near Redding slowed for the
first time since days of explosive growth.
Meanwhile officials said a second firefighter died fighting a
huge blaze to the south near Yosemite National Park.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/07/30/2-arrested-for-alleged-
looting-during-california-
wildfires.html?intcmp=ob_article_sidebar_video&intcmp=obnetwork
that had been evacuated earlier due to an explosive wildfire.
Jade Ball, 25, and Jack Fannin, 19, of Redding, were found with
what police said was evidence tying them to several burglaries.
Authorities said Fannin told deputies that the pair went into
three homes looking for water, The Record Searchlight reported.
The so-called Carr Fire prompted mandatory evacuations for tens
of thousands of people in Redding, a city hundreds of miles
north of San Francisco. It has destroyed over 650 houses.
Authorities said a homeowner who stayed behind flagged down an
officer after he noticed evidence that people had been in his
house.
Officers found a nearby home with evidence of a broken-in door
and discovered electronic items stacked by the front door.
Police said they do not believe the homeowners placed the items
like that before evacuating.
Fire crews, in the meantime, were stretched to their limits
across the state fighting flames that have claimed the lives of
two firefighters and six civilians.
Residents of the waterfront town Lakeport fled Sunday after a
major flare-up of two fires that combined across Mendocino and
Lake counties destroyed at least four homes. Lakeport, home to
about 5,000, is around 120 miles north of San Francisco.
To the northeast, a massive fire near Redding slowed for the
first time since days of explosive growth.
Meanwhile officials said a second firefighter died fighting a
huge blaze to the south near Yosemite National Park.
The Associated Press contributed to this report
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2018/07/30/2-arrested-for-alleged-
looting-during-california-
wildfires.html?intcmp=ob_article_sidebar_video&intcmp=obnetwork