A state appeals court has reversed convictions against a Moses Lake man accused of setting his father’s car on fire in 2020. Andres Rocha was convicted by a jury of first-degree and second-degree arson. He was sentenced to more than five years in prison. Moses Lake police initially contacted Rocha in the afternoon of March 22, 2020 after Rocha had filled fountain drink cups with gasoline at a gas station on West Broadway Avenue.
- PUB DATE: 2/22/2022 9:46:50 AM - SOURCE: iFiber One News Radio

A sheriff’s deputy was hurt Monday morning after a suspect, attempting to evade arrest, crashed into an Alpine fire apparatus, reports fox5sandiego.com.

Officials say, around 7 a.m. first responders received a call about a man with a medical emergency at the Chevron gas station at 1145 Tavern Rd. in Alpine. When first responders arrived at the scene, they saw sheriff’s officials confronting the 32-year-old driver—who had drug paraphernalia in plain sight, the report says.

Sheriff’s officials then asked the suspect to exit the vehicle, but he accelerated in reverse—with the door open—and hit the fire truck. En route to the collision, the ajar door hit a deputy, who was taken to the hospital for a minor nose abrasion and some shoulder pain, the report says.

The 32-year-old suspect, hailing from National City, was detained without further incident; he’s expected to face charges of DUI, assaulting an officer, and more, the report says.

No other injuries were reported.

Video of the firefighter trapped on the ladder. pic.twitter.com/6v69Q64L9v

— Brian Rittmeyer (@BCRittmeyer) February 21, 2022

A firefighter got his leg trapped in a ladder battling a fire at a duplex in Tarentum Monday afternoon.

The fire was reported around noon on West 11th Avenue in Tarentum at a duplex. The structure was destroyed by the fire.

One firefighter got his foot or leg trapped in the rungs of a ladder and his fellow firefighters had to extricate him, Trib Live reports.

Update: Firefighter Richard Schuller of the Highland Hose Company was successfully extricated and he gestured with two thumbs up as he came down the ladder and was placed on a stretcher.

House is on West 11th. pic.twitter.com/HnXtUT0dNo

— Brian Rittmeyer (@BCRittmeyer) February 21, 2022

Richard Schuller, the firefighter trapped on an aerial ladder in Tarentum, has been freed. He held two thumbs up as he was taken away on a stretcher.

— Brian Rittmeyer (@BCRittmeyer) February 21, 2022

Video(s) from our friends at Sidewinder Photography show(s) the Fuller Road Fire District almost lose an apparatus to a sinkhole while fighting a three-alarm fire with Murphy’s Law in full effect.

The department was in action—to put it mildly—battling multiple large explosions, downed power lines, and a truck and multiple structures on fire near 18 Spruce St.

While working, firefighters encountered water problems on scene, and, as first responders were responding, the road under Rescue 9 began to push up as the water main broke, the video(s) show(s).

Crews raced to move the large diameter hose that was feeding the scene and save the brand-new apparatus before it fell in. They were able to move the rig right before the ground gave way, and no injuries were reported.