Man charged with arson, kidnapping, carjacking in North Bay after leading police in pursuit

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Wednesday, August 27, 2025
Man charged with arson, kidnapping, carjacking in North Bay

Arson, kidnapping, carjacking -- those are just some of the charges a suspect is facing in a wild string of crimes across Napa and Lake County.

Napa County prosecutors shared court documents with us laying out the crime spree.

It included a 2-acre fire that investigators say the suspect intentionally set on Thursday. That fire started near Highway 175 and McKinley Drive in Lake County.

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The criminal complaint says the man also carjacked someone and led officers on a pursuit, starting on Highway 29 near Robert Louis Stevenson State Park.

He is accused of first trying to steal a patrol vehicle, then stealing a jeep wrangler with a child inside. The pursuit ended when the suspect reached a dead end near Calistoga and was finally taken into custody.

The child is said to be OK.

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