A think with a obtain who was” subdued by people” and detained by police in West Hills, California, is officially an immigrant from Mexico.
A blowtorch-clad person is confronted and restrained until police officers arrive at the scene in a popular video on X, previously Twitter.
On Sunday night, Bill Melugin, a Fox News correspondent, reported that the suspect’s identify had been confirmed by U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ) sources, tweeting,” Per ICE sources, the man seen in a viral video being subdued by residents &, arrested by police w/ a blowtorch near the# KennethFire in West Hills is an illegal alien from Mexico named Juan Manuel Sierra-Leyva”.
Sierra-Leyva is being held in officers prison as a result of a parole violation, but she has not been charged with fire.
I’ve been informed that ICE will ask him for an L.A. detainer. County Sheriff’s Department, but they do not expect it to become honored according to California’s Sanctuary State law”, Melugin added. ” I’m told Sierra-Leyva does have a court appearance tomorrow. Once, he has not been charged with arson and is only currently being held in custody for a parole violation because numerous agencies have been interviewing him.
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According to Fox 59, Los Angeles Police Department Divisional Chief Dominic Choi stated at a press conference on Friday that law enforcement had conducted an investigation into the situation, conducted interviews with Sierra-Leyva, and determined that the suspect could not be detained on suspicion of burning.
According to Choi,” After the meeting and further investigative steps, they determined that there was not enough possible cause to assault this man on suspicion of arson or suspicion of arson.”
” The inspection is ongoing”, Choi added. ” I would like to bless those community members who contributed to the awareness of this man.”
Asked whether authorities authorities believe the Kenneth fire was started consciously, Charles Dinsel, the Los Angeles Police Department’s top direct officer, said,” At this time that’s what we believe, yes”. Dinsel added that the fire was “being investigated as a violence.”
A law enforcement source told The New York Post that” shelter plans” promoted by the governor of Los Angeles led to a “lack of contact” between the national and local law enforcement authorities in Los Angeles. According to Gavin Newsom (D-Calif. ) and Los Angeles politicians,” a number of arrests have been undetected to and followed up by ICE.”
The source continued,” Many of whom are scammers who frequently encounter local law enforcement for serious atrocities.”