East Bay man charged with torching Martinez business that fired him

Concord — A lately terminated worker suspected of location a few fires at the Martinez design enterprise where he employed to work has been arrested on many counts of arson and other crimes, the Contra Costa County Fire Defense District stated Tuesday.

The suspect, Fabian Vera, 36, was arrested March 16 in Bay Stage by Contra Costa County sheriff’s deputies. He was scheduled to be arraigned in courtroom Tuesday.

Authorities said Vera — who is homeless but lives in the East Bay — is suspected of environment three fires at JFC Design, 4901 Pacheco Blvd., in Martinez about 7:20 p.m. March 10.

One hearth burned a Ford F-250 utility truck and an outdoor storage rack containing spools of telecom cable. Another fireplace was inside a wheelbarrow approximately 30 feet from the burned vehicle and less than a roof overhang masking an prolonged storage region, which was also weakened. The other was positioned adjacent to a stack of lumber elsewhere in the storage property.

The fires prompted a lot more than $75,000 injury and experienced the opportunity to trigger major structural injury experienced they not been rapidly contained, the district claimed in a launch.

District investigators identified the small business experienced been having complications with a a short while ago terminated staff, recognized as Vera, and attained surveillance video clip displaying Vera within the closed industrial facility vandalizing home and leaving the region at the time the fires had been set, according to the release.

Authorities did not say when Vera was terminated or why. District investigators received a warrant for his arrest which transpired March 16.