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Arson Charges for a Child?

By Neil Shous, Esq.

The L.A. Times is reporting: Prosecutors Must Decide Whether to Charge 13-year-old Who Allegedly Started Brush Fire September 17, 2009 | 7:28 am Los Angeles prosecutors could decide today whether to file charges against a 13-year-old boy accused of starting the Morris fire above Azusa, which burned 2,100 acres last month. According to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, detectives presented the case to the Los Angeles County district attorney's office Wednesday. Details of how the fire started were not immediately clear, but in a statement, the department described the boy as being "primarily responsible for igniting the fire." The Morris fire broke out in San Gabriel Canyon on Aug. 25, the same day the much larger Station fire was sparked...continue to full post

Full post as published by California Criminal Defense Blog on September 17, 2009 (boomark / email).