A federal magistrate in Florida on Thursday ordered a man charged in California's deadly Palisades Fire to remain jailed after a prosecutor said he had traits of an arsonist and his family had worried about his declining mental state.
Federal officials have said Jonathan Rinderknecht, who lived in the area at the time, started a small fire on New Year’s Day that smoldered underground before reigniting nearly a week later and roaring through the wealthy enclave, home to many of Los Angeles’ rich and famous.
