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• The guy that started the fires has officially been arrested.

HEADLINE: Florida man ‘maliciously’ started Palisades fire, then tried to cover his tracks, authorities allege by Richard Winton, Hannah Fry and Christopher Buchanan

• Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, is accused of starting the initial fire on New Year’s Day that rekindled to become the Palisades fire days later. He was arrested Wednesday in Florida and charged with destruction of property by means of fire, which carries a minimum of five years in federal prison.
• Rinderknecht called 911 to report the fire, then offered to help firefighters battle the blaze, according to an affidavit by an agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Prosecutors accused Rinderknecht of lying about where he was when he made his first 911 call.
• The federal prosecution affirms a long-suspected theory among fire experts and comes after a nine-month probe into the cause of the Palisades fire, which charred 23,400 acres and leveled more than 6,800 structures, including many homes. Twelve people died in the blaze.
• Can you avoid being tracked?
• Do you use a computer? Do you use a phone? Do you use a rewards card at the grocery store? 
• If you do any of that you are being tracked, period. 

• Did you know when you power down an Apple device, did you know now it is NOT powered off?
• To actually turn them off is to crack the case, remove the battery and take the SIM c

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