Full Notification

DATE/TIME: May 21, 2017 7:45 am

INCIDENT: PC 452b - Unlawful Setting Fire

LOCATION: 1970 Clary Drive, Needles, CA

SUSPECT(S): Andrew Cisneros, 27 years old, Needles, CA

VICTIM(S): Confidential


SUMMARY: On Sunday, May 21, 2017, at about 7:45 a.m., deputies from the Needles Police Department/Colorado River Sheriff’s Station responded to an apartment complex at 1970 Clary Drive for a report of a fire. At the apartment complex deputies and fire personnel from the San Bernardino County Fire Department located an upstairs apartment where a neighbor had extinguished a fire burning on the exterior patio.

Further investigation revealed the sole occupant of the apartment, Andrew Cisneros, attempted to set several fires throughout the interior of the apartment before closing the apartment doors, disabling the smoke alarms, and leaving the home. A neighbor from a separate apartment saw the smoke and fire and extinguished the fire before it became out of control.

All occupants of the building were safely evacuated, and there were no injuries. The fire only damaged personal property and debris belonging to Cisneros. Deputy Bevan found Cisneros walking around the apartment complex, and he was subsequently arrested for arson.

A detective from the Sheriff's Arson/Bomb Detail and an investigator from the San Bernardino County Fire Department were called to the scene to assist with the investigation. Andrew Cisneros was arrested and booked into the Needles Jail for PC 452b - Unlawfully setting a fire. His bail was set at $25,000.

Refer: Deputy Cody Bevan

Station: Needles Police Department / Colorado River Station

Phone No. 760-326-9200

Case No. 211700527

JOHN McMAHON, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department