Redwood City police seek help finding long-haired arsonist, roof-jumper

Thursday, May 25, 2017
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. (KGO) -- Police on the Peninsula need the public's help identifying an arsonist before he strikes again.

A surveillance camera captured the crime.
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Redwood City police point out one very distinctive feature of the man who set the fire -- his hair. Neighbors ABC7 News spoke with said they've never seen him around, but they're keeping a close eye out now.

The man is not much more than a silhouette but after he sets the fire and turns his back the flames are seen illuminating his long, dark hair.

The crime was captured by a camera in Rodrigo Madrigal's tree. He was home the night it happened -- May 13, around 9:45 p.m.

"My cat was looking out the window and I got no response from her and she growls at anything that comes by," Madrigal told ABC7 News.
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Police believe the same man was jumping on people's roofs later the same night.



Jose Santos is shocked by all of it. "It's a little unnerving when somebody's got that kind of mental state to go and do something like that," he said.

You're asked to call Redwood City police at (650) 780-7100 if you have any information about the fire.
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