"Jose Rodriguez-Barragan, 30, was arrested Friday on suspicion of setting five fires that burned seven vehicles on Jan. 21, and of setting at least five fires that burned 12 vehicles on Jan. 27, according to the San Jose Police Department. The footprint of the fires, which caused no injuries, span from near the SAP Center to the start of Almaden Expressway near Highway 87 east of Willow Glen."
"The largest cluster of car fires linked to him were reported Jan. 27 between midnight and 1:15 a.m., involving single downtown car fires - one at Autumn Street and Julian Street, one at Woz Way and Almaden Boulevard - and another single car fire back in the Alma neighborhood, at Floyd Street and Lick Avenue."
""These fires created a significant threat to public safety and to our responding firefighters," San Jose Fire Department Chief Robert Sapien Jr. said in a statement. "We are grateful for the collaborative work between SJFD's Arson Unit and SJPD that led to the suspect's arrest and helped prevent further incidents.""
Jose Rodriguez-Barragan, 30, was arrested on suspicion of setting nearly 20 vehicle fires across San Jose on Jan. 21 and Jan. 27. The Jan. 21 incidents allegedly involved five fires that burned seven vehicles between 2:30 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. near West San Carlos Street and Highway 87. The Jan. 27 cluster occurred between midnight and 1:15 a.m., including downtown locations at Autumn and Julian, Woz Way and Almaden, and a fire in the Alma neighborhood at Floyd and Lick. No injuries were reported. Rodriguez-Barragan was booked on drug charges and active warrants and is being held without bail.
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