Posted on 09/11/2020 5:48:28 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
A Southern Oregon man is accused of arson in connection with a fire that has caused major damage to several towns in Jackson County.
Michael Jarrod Bakkela, 41, has arrested on two counts of arson, 15 counts of criminal mischief and 14 counts of reckless endangerment.
The fire Bakkela set is considered to be one of two origins of the Almeda fire, said Oregon State Fire Marshal’s office spokesman Rich Tyler. The two fires quickly merged, Tyler said.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Friday afternoon that on Tuesday evening, a resident of Phoenix saw a person, later identified as Bakkela, lighting a fire behind their house on Quail Lane. Because there was an impending blaze, the residents who saw him set the fire had to flee their home.
When state troopers and sheriff’s deputies arrived, they saw Bakkela standing close to a large fire that was threatening several homes.
Bakkela was arrested and initially lodged in the Jackson County Jail on Tuesday on a charge of possession of methamphetamine. He remains in jail on the arson and criminal mischief charges.
The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office has confirmed that two people have been found dead in the aftermath of the Almeda fire. One, Tyler said, was determined to have been fire-caused, but was near the first origin of the fire — not the one Bakkela started. He said it’s not yet clear whether the second death is connected to a fire.
Officials say 50 people remain unaccounted for in the the Almeda fire.
(Excerpt) Read more at oregonlive.com ...
Nancy Pelosi said the fires were because of climate change.
Is he Antifa???
It was a fiery but mostly peaceful fire.
I’ll be there.
Ooops wrong thread.
That makes 7 charged so far with arson in WA, OR
https://oregoncrimenews.com/jackson-county-mugshots-jul-17-2018/
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Name: MICHAEL JARROD BAKKELA
Inmate Number: 12862195
Booking Date: 7/17/2018
Age: 39
Sex: Male
Race: W
Charges:
#1 ATT BURG 1 / PAROLE VIOLATION~ATTEMPTED BURGLARY
Arrest Agency: MFP
#2 DWS/M / FAIL TO APPEAR 2ND DEG – 1~DWS
Arrest Agency: MFP
#3 INTERFERE PO / FAIL TO APPEAR 2ND DEG – 1~INTERFERE
Arrest Agency: MFP
#4 PCS/METH / FAIL TO APPEAR 1ST DEG – 1~PCS/METH
Arrest Agency: MFP
That would have kept the actor at the crime scene with all pertaining evidence.
Exactly.
This is OBVIOUSLY a total conspiracy theory spread by nuts who are wasting the valuable time of our wonderful FBI.
/s
I didn’t know arson was illegal in Oregon! Or is that only for Antifa?
That peaceful fire was going to go back to school.
Just a homeless nut, most likely. Setting a fire within a fire.
Must be that 2-legged climate change.
She said it was because the Earth is angry. I hate it when that happens.
“The homeowner should have shot the arsonist on sight.”
Is it too late to have Che take him out back?
Well no wonder he wants to defund the police.
Yeah Obama tweeted the same out yesterday and said you have to “vote like your life depends on it because it does”.
Don't believe that they did?
Read the article at this link. It's not long.
Quote from that article ...
“Over 26,000 firefighters and support personnel are currently fighting a total of 102 large-scale fires that have burned over 4.4 million acres in 12 states so far.”
Then scan through the twitter posts at this link.
Numerous posts about arson arrests and witnesses.
May not be Antifa but he’s got the resume.
Michael Jarrod Bakkela, AKA Climate Change ...
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