Sheriff Jim Hart announced the arrest of a man who is accused of stealing the wallet of a firefighters who was working the CZU Lightning Complex.
Brian Johnson, of Live Oak, was arrested after a swift investigation by the Santa Cruz County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Hart said Johnson wrote a note to apologize to the firefighter before he was arrested.
The Cal Fire ground commander was at the scene of the CZU Lightning Complex Fire and directing firefighting crews when someone went into his Cal Fire vehicle, stole his wallet and drained his bank account.
“It’s unfortunate and sickening,” Cal Fire Incident Chief Mark Brunton said during a briefing on Sunday.
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