In trial opening, feds accuse man of lighting Palisades fire as ‘revenge’ on the wealthy
In his opening statement, a prosecutor told a federal jury on Wednesday that Jonathan Rinderknecht, driven by a desire for revenge against society, used a lighter to intentionally set what would eventually become the most destructive wildfire in Los Angeles history. Rinderknecht’s defense attorney countered that his client, a 30-year-old former Uber driver, had gone … Read more