The man seen in wild online video being subject to a citizen’s arrest after he was spotted with a blowtorch near the scene of the Los Angeles wildfires has been identified as an illegal alien from Mexico.
RedState’s Sister Toldjah reported that the man had been seen roaming the area with a bright yellow blowtorch before being confronted by fed-up residents.
“We really banded together as a group,” a witness and participant said at the time. “A few gentlemen surrounded him and got him on his knees. They got some zip ties, a rope and we were able to do a citizens’ arrest.”
The suspect was initially only identified in media reports as being “homeless.”
Concerns arose that authorities did not have enough to keep him in custody without enough probable cause to charge the man. He would eventually be arrested on a felony probation violation.
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