Los Angeles authorities claimed a pair was detained for posing firemans after they tried to get in an emptying area with a phony firetruck near the Palisades Fire location.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office validated to Fox News Digital that Dustin Nehl, 31, and Jennifer Nehl, 44, were detained for Impersonating a Firefighter and getting in an emptying area.
Officials claimed an LAPD patrol device was driving via the Palisades Fire location with fire employees and saw a fire engine that did not seem genuine.
The police officers connected to replacements and shared that the people in the bogus fire engine tried to get in an emptying area.
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The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Office claimed 2 people from Oregon were detained for posing firemans near the Palisades Fire. (Los Angeles County Sheriffs Dept/ AP Photo/Jae C. Hong/ AP Photo/Ethan Swope, File)
Upon coming close to the vehicle, authorities claimed replacements saw that both suspects were using yield equipment.
The passengers declared to be from the “Roaring River Fire Department” inOregon However, replacements found out that the division was not genuine, and the vehicle was acquired at a public auction.
The fire engine was penned by authorities.
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Officials claimed both passengers were additionally using CAL-Fire tees under the yield equipment, and had safety helmets and radios.
The pair confessed to replacements that they had actually gotten in the discharge area.
Authorities revealed that Dustin Nehl has a criminal background in Oregon, consisting of criminal mischievousness and arson.
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‘Palisades Fire’ near Brentwood area in Los Angeles on January 11, 2025. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu using Getty Images)
Investigators will certainly exist the instance to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office for submitting factor to consider onTuesday
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As of January 12, roughly 29 individuals have actually been detained in Los Angeles up until now in link to criminal task associated with the continuous wildfires.
Los Angeles County Sheriff Robert Luna claimed 25 of those detained remained in the location of the Eaton Fire, while 4 others originated from the Palisades Fire discharge area.
Fox News Digital’s Danielle Wallace added to this record.
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