California Tower Arrested for Arson

Police in New Mexico have taken into custody a tower who allegedly set fire to a California tow business and then fled the scene in a stolen flatbed, a 2016 Dodge Ram 5500. 

The tower, 39-year-old Burton Kanehailua, entered C&D Towing in El Cajon, Calif., around 11 p.m. on Dec. 14, where police alleged he poured what appeared to be gasoline inside an office, setting the building ablaze. As the fire spread, Kanehailua fled in a company tow truck, which has now since been recovered. 

Kanehailua called police in El Cajon to turn himself in and was arrested by New Mexico authorities. He will be extradited to California, and is expected to face charges of arson and auto theft.  

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