Tables turned on Los Angeles arson suspect in caught-on-cam takedown: 'Wrong neighborhood, buddy'

A radical of residents stepped successful and conducted a citizen's apprehension aft spotting a antheral allegedly sparking a occurrence successful the brushwood of their vicinity successful Los Angeles, arsenic the portion deals with the aftermath of wildfires.

Alejandro Martinez, 41, faces a complaint of arson, according to the LA County Sheriff’s Department.

Video posted by writer Gabe Cortez connected Instagram, and obtained by Fox News Digital, showed a antheral moving down a roadworthy being chased by radical successful cars successful a vicinity successful Chatsworth, a vicinity successful LA.

The video captured acrophobic residents taking matters into their ain hands and tackling Martinez. 

Wrong neighborhood, buddy! Wrong neighborhood!

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Residents successful an LA vicinity chased and tackled a suspected arsonist. (Gabe Cortez via Instagram)

Deputies recovered a radical of onlookers detaining the antheral successful Chatsworth astir 4:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 3, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said. (Gabe Cortez via Instagram)

Sheriff's deputies arrived successful the vicinity pursuing the citizen's arrest.

When deputies searched Martinez, they recovered a lighter successful his pocket, a tiny sum of currency and a car artillery jumper kit. Footage showed authorities removing the illicit items from his pockets pursuing the apprehension.

Deputies recovered a lighter successful the suspect's pocket, a tiny sum of currency and a car artillery jumper kit. (Gabe Cortez via Instagram)

At 1 constituent successful the video, Martinez could beryllium heard protesting successful Spanish: "No helium robado nada, en serio" — "I haven't stolen anything, seriously."

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Brandon Taylor, a lensman with Traffic News LA, said that helium was capturing photos successful the country aft helium was alerted to a brushwood occurrence successful the area.

"It conscionable seemed a small unusual that determination was a feline determination aft a brushwood occurrence was reported conscionable a quarter-mile up the road," Taylor explained to FOX 11 Los Angeles. "And he's successful the bush doing something."

After spotting Martinez successful the bush, citizens went aft him, starring to a swift apprehension.

A firefighter responds arsenic a wildfire breaks retired adjacent the Pacific Palisades connected the westbound broadside of Los Angeles during a weather-driven windstorm successful Southern California connected Jan. 7, 2025. (REUTERS/Mike Blake)

For the neighbors, the suspected arson hits location arsenic galore Los Angeles residents proceed to prime up the pieces aft their homes were destroyed by devastating wildfires.

"The residents were furious," Taylor said. "They've gone done the Woolsey Fire, which started conscionable a mile from there. With each the adust vegetation, they were truly acrophobic astir him starting different occurrence and losing their homes."

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Authorities impulse anyone with accusation astir this lawsuit to interaction the LA County Sheriff's Department. Chatsworth is astir a 30-mile thrust northwest from downtown Los Angeles.

Fox News Digital has reached retired to the LA County Sheriff's Department for comment.