
WHAT THEIR PLAN IS
TODAY.
SHARON: THANK YOU.
ORANGE COUNTY
PROSECUTORS WILL TRY
AGAIN TO GET THE MAN
CHARGED WITH STARTING
THE HOLY FIRE IN FRONT
OF A JUDGE TODAY.
SANDRA: STRANGER SITUATION
YESTERDAY AS HE REFUSED TO COME
OUT OF HIS JAIL CELL AND CBS2
JASMINE VIEL IS LIVE IN SANTA
ANA OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE WITH
DETAILS ON WHAT WE CAN EXPECT TO
DAY.
REPORTER: WE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
YET, BUT THERE IS-- THIS ERRATIC
BEHAVIOR IS NOTHING NEW FOR
51-YEAR OLD FORREST CLARK.
PROSECUTORS SAY THEY
COULD HOLD THE
ARRAIGNMENT WITH OR
WITHOUT HIM TODAY AFTER
HE REFUSED TO COME OUT
OF HIS JAIL CELL
YESTERDAY AS HE'S BEING
HELD AT THE MEN'S
CENTRAL JAIL.
THIS IS WHAT WE ARE
LEARNING.
HE SAID PRIOR CONTACTS
WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
BEFORE AFTER FEUDING
WITH HIS NEIGHBORS, BUT
WAS NEVER CHARGED WITH
ANY SERIOUS CRIME AND
NEAR THE END OF LAST
MONTH HE WAS PUT ON A
PSYCHIATRIC HOLD AT A
HOSPITAL FOR CAUSING
PROBLEMS, BUT THEN
RELEASED AND DEPUTIES
TRIED TO CONTACT HIM
LAST WEEK, BUT COULDN'T
FIND HIM.
ON MONDAY HE'S ACCUSED
OF STARTING THE HOLY JIM
FIRE THAT HAS BURNED
THOUSANDS OF ACRES
INCLUDING A DOZEN OF HIS
NEIGHBORS HOMES.
HIS CABIN IS ONE OF THE
ONLY ONE STILL STANDING.
CLARK WAS ARRESTED A DAY
LATER AND HE COULD GET
LIFE IN PRISON IF
CONVICTED OF AGGRAVATED
ARSON AND CRIMINAL
THREAT CHARGES.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
AGGRAVATED ARSON COUNT,
IT INVOLVES THE MENTAL
STATE OF A DEFENDANT,
THE PREMEDITATION, THE
PLANNING, THE DELIBERATE
ACTS THAT A DEFENDANT
WOULD HAVE TAKEN TO
REACH THAT AGGRAVATED
STATES.
REPORTER: CLARK IS ALSO CHARGED
WITH RESISTING ARREST.
VOLUNTEER FIRE CAPTAIN
WHO LIVES INTERVIEW
COCAINE IN THAT HE
WARNED AUTHORITIES ABOUT
CLARKE'S TO RUN THE
PLACE DOWN AS LITTLE AS
A FEW WEEKS AGO IN THE
FIRE CAPTAIN SAID PEOPLE
IN HIS AREA WERE AFRAID
OF CLARK.
WE ARE WAITING TO SEE
WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE
ARRAIGNMENT TODAY.
WE DON'T KNOW
INVESTIGATORS ARE
LOOKING INTO HOW THE
FIRE STARTED
ORANGE COUNTY SHERIFF
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