Santa Rosa Man Charged in School-Area Arson

A 27-year-old Santa Rosa man, Argenis Mauricio Paez, was arrested after witnesses reported seeing him set two vegetation fires near Roseland Accelerated Middle School on Oct. 4. An officer extinguished one fire, which was spreading through dry grass toward a tree; the second had burned out by the time police found it. Paez allegedly struggled with officers during his arrest and was charged with two felony counts of arson and a misdemeanor count of resisting arrest. No injuries or damage to structures were reported.