Jury Reaches Verdict in Palisades Fire Arson Trial; Suspect Faces Up to 45 Years
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Dominic Patten
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A federal jury has reached a verdict in the trial of Jonathan Rinderknecht, the ex-Uber driver accused of starting the Palisades Fire in early 2025. After a 10-day trial and just over a day of deliberations, the verdict is pending public reading. Rinderknecht faces up to 45 years in prison if found guilty on arson charges, but maintains his innocence, claiming he is being scapegoated for failures by civic leaders and first responders.
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· 3 pulledJonathan Rinderknecht will learn soon if a federal jury has found him guilty of starting the blaze in early 2025 that became the devastating the Palisades Fire.
Ex-Uber driver Rinderknecht has always insisted he is innocent of the charges and being put up as a fall guy for the failures of civic leaders and First Responders.
Looking at up to 45 years behind bars if found guilty, he was, in Department of Justice documents,
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