POLICE LINK FIRE TO FEUD; 4 MEN ARRESTED IN VALENCIA BLAZE.Byline: Mary Schubert Daily News Staff Writer A tangled plot to avenge a·venge tr.v. a·venged, a·veng·ing, a·veng·es 1. To inflict a punishment or penalty in return for; revenge: avenge a murder. 2. a soured friendship may have been the motive prompting a gasoline-fueled arson arson, at common law, the malicious and willful burning of the house of another. Originally, it was an offense against the security of habitation rather than against property rights. , for which sheriff's detectives this week arrested a Northridge man who allegedly ordered the assault. Jaime Bernardino Del Rosario, 34, and Robert Barry Syderman, 37, were taken into custody about 9 p.m. Monday by Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department This article is about the Los Angeles County Sherriff's Department, not to be confused with the smaller Los Angeles County Police The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department (LASD) is a local law enforcement agency that serves Los Angeles County, California. detectives, who had staked out Del Rosario's home in the 19200 block of Dunure Place. The men were booked at the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. station on suspicion of attempted murder In the criminal law, attempted murder is committed when the defendant does an act that is more than merely preparatory to the commission of the crime of murder and, at the time of these acts, the person has a specific intention to kill. , said Detective Ed Nordskog of the sheriff's arson-explosives unit. Authorities had earlier arrested two other men believed linked to the crime, Lee Alexander Hogan, 33, and Nathaniel Garner, 38. Police say a grudge grudge tr.v. grudged, grudg·ing, grudg·es 1. To be reluctant to give or admit: even grudged the tuition money. 2. between Del Rosario and Valencia resident Robert Goldbaum was behind a Nov. 7 blaze set at Goldbaum's home in the 24100 block of Del Monte Drive. ``The motive was anger over a failed friendship . . . that fell apart for a number of reasons,'' Nordskog said. Detectives say that Del Rosario ordered the attack, but the man who carried out the crime was three people removed from the person who allegedly paid for the job. Hogan paid Garner $75 to beat up Goldbaum, the detective said. Hogan, in turn, had been hired for $300 by Sylmar resident Roger Alvarez to commit the assault, Nordskog said. Alvarez works at Bernardino's Heating and Air, a business in Northridge that Del Rosario owns. Alvarez and Del Rosario knew Hogan because he had applied for a job at Bernardino's Heating and Air. ``Del Rosario promised a job to Hogan, but he asked him to do a little favor for him first. So Del Rosario had Alvarez hire Hogan, who in turn subcontracted sub·con·tract n. A contract that assigns some of the obligations of a prior contract to another party. intr. & tr.v. sub·con·tract·ed, sub·con·tract·ing, sub·con·tracts out to Garner,'' the detective said. ``The original intent was a contract assault . . . so there was visible evidence, like black eyes and a broken nose,'' Nordskog said. ``It was supposed to occur while Del Rosario was out of town. Hogan was supposed to hire somebody off the streets of L.A. to commit this assault.'' Hogan, Garner and Alvarez went to Valencia on Nov. 7, and ``somebody suggested they get a gallon of gasoline,'' Nordskog said. ``When they got there, the victim refused to answer the door, so they couldn't assault him.'' The men apparently tried to get into Goldbaum's garage to burn his car, but were unable to do so. About 9 p.m., the man's doorway was set ablaze Verb 1. set ablaze - set fire to; cause to start burning; "Lightening set fire to the forest" set afire, set aflame, set on fire combust, burn - cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels" . Goldbaum was unable to escape because the second-floor condo has no back door and it was too high for him to jump out a window. Neighbors with fire extinguishers fire extinguisher: see fire fighting. came to his aid, Nordskog said. ``His door was made out of metal and (that) probably saved his life. There was (enough) gasoline used to take down the entire building,'' Nordskog said. ``His door was already starting to buckle and his windows had already blown out because of the heat. Had the neighbors not put it out, you could have had a real tragedy.'' Afterward af·ter·ward also af·ter·wards adv. At a later time; subsequently. Adv. 1. afterward - happening at a time subsequent to a reference time; "he apologized subsequently"; "he's going to the store but he'll be back here , Del Rosario allegedly arranged for Hogan to flee to his native Belize. ``He offered to pay him $5,000 to leave the area so (Hogan) wouldn't get caught and have to testify,'' Nordskog said. ``We recorded Hogan and Del Rosario and Syderman arranging for a second payoff of $2,500 and airline tickets out of the country,'' the detective said. ``I caught him before he left town.'' Meanwhile, Garner had been arrested Nov. 8 at a Denny's restaurant in Newhall, 12 hours after the fire. ``He was fresh out of state prison,'' Nordskog said. |
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