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German suspect in Los Angeles car arsons tells cops: ‘I hate America’
Neighbors say his mom was being deported
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/…The German man, from Chechnya, busted as the suspected firebug who torched more than 50 cars in Los Angeles had a message for the cop who cuffed him Monday: "I hate America."
Harry Burkhart, 24, spoke the smear after he was yanked from his minivan near the Sunset Strip about 3 a.m. by a Beverly Hills real estate attorney who moonlights as a reserve sheriff's deputy, witnesses told LA Weekly.
Shervin Lalezary, who earns a $1 a year as a part-time crime fighter, made the stop after noticing the minivan with Canadian plates matched the one mentioned in a tip from federal officials.
Cops found fire starter sticks inside the van, police said.
Burkhart, who has lived in southern California for several years and was carrying travel papers from Chechnya, was booked for investigation of arson of an inhabited dwelling and was being held without bail, authorities said.