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# Homeless man sets trash bag on fire near apartment building (crime watch)
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/homeless-man-sets-trash-bag-fire-apartment-building-crime-watch/
- Published: 2015-05-06T13:31:27.000Z
- Updated: 2024-12-03T21:38:38.000Z
- Author: Editor
- Tags: Crime, News, arson, CRIME WATCH, fire, Homeless, Homelessness, jose j. antunes, ocean park bolevard, Police, Santa Monica, Santa Monica Crime, santa monica news, santa monica police, smoke, smpd, surveillance, transient, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2025-11-06 13:37

On April 24 at approximately 1:49 p.m., Santa Monica police officers were dispatched to the 700 block of Ocean Park Boulevard regarding an arson call.

The suspect was described to officers via radio and a possible suspect was detained nearby with witnesses following him.

Officers reviewed video that showed the suspect carrying a full white trash bag. He set the bag down in close proximity to an apartment building and placed a gas tank inside the bag. Smoke started to emit from the bag as the suspect walked away.

A resident put the fire out with a fire extinguisher.

The suspect was positively identified by witnesses and video surveillance. Jose J. Antunes, 62, transient, had bail set at $50,500.