MORENO VALLEY, Calif. (KNX) — Riverside County deputies arrested a man Thursday who they say attempted to set a grocery store employee on fire.
Around 11:35 a.m., deputies responded to an arson call in the 24500 block of Alessandro Boulevard.
Deputies learned the suspect was trying to leave the store with a shopping cart full of groceries without paying. When confronted by an employee, the man “doused the employee with lighter fluid, retrieved a lighter, and attempted to set the victim on fire," the sheriff's department said in a news release.
The suspect, identified as 31-year-old Raul Bautista, was arrested following a search conducted by a Sheriff’s K-9 and a police bloodhound. He was charged with attempted murder and robbery and booked at Robert Presley Detention Center.
His bail was set for $1 million.
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