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Former CDF firefighter faces trial in arson case

March 14, 2002
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No one saw who started the 50-acre wildfire that burned dangerously close to homes near El Dorado Hills in September 1999.

But authorities say they quickly turned their attention to an ex-state firefighter and Placer County fire district candidate who had a knack for showing up around fires and firefighters.

El Dorado County Deputy District Attorney Paul Sutherland said Robert Lizarraga appeared shortly after the blaze broke out near Salmon Falls Road and chatted eagerly with firefighters. In Lizarraga’s car, he said, investigators found a uniform shirt, badge and flashlight stolen from a firetruck in Sacramento County.

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Sacramento property manager sentenced in hate crime case

June 9, 2001
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A former Sacramento property manager was sentenced Friday to 100 days of community service for her conviction on misdemeanor hate crime charges against a black family.

Debbie Susan Arbuckle, 49, was ordered to perform 50 days of weekend work projects and 50 days of community service within 18 months.

She was convicted in May of making a racially motivated threat to harm a black family who lived in the mobile home park she managed.

Read full article on The Associated Press State & Local Wire