By Bay City News
A 63-year-old man has been convicted of setting fire to 10 vehicles in San Francisco’s Union Square and Yerba Buena districts.
In a two-week period in February, Armando Salvador’s arson spree targeted vehicles including a Cadillac Escalade and two Tesla Model Ys, the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office said Friday.
The Teslas burned so intensely, the fires spread to two other vehicles parked nearby, prosecutors said.
District Attorney Brooke Jenkins credited the work of fire and police investigators and videos supplied by “several concerned local citizens” with cracking the case.
“This case demonstrates how public safety agencies working together with community partners can keep our neighborhoods safe for residents, workers, and visitors,” Jenkins said.
A jury convicted Salvador of eight counts of arson of another’s property and two counts of unlawfully causing a fire.
Prosecutors said the fires began on Feb. 18 when Salvador set fire to the Escalade on Campton Place and five more vehicles on Geary Street and O’Farrell Street, all in the Union Square district.
On Feb. 24, Salvador set fire to a Tesla at Mabini Street and Bonifacio Street and another at Shipley Street and Fourth Street, in the Yerba Buena district near Moscone Center. They, in turn, burned two other vehicles parked nearby, Jenkins said.
Salvador is currently in custody. He is to be sentenced Oct. 27.
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