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Pleasanton police are investigating an apparent arson attempt that occurred Sept. 23.
The son of the home’s owner happened to be looking out the rear window of the home in the 1000 block of Piemonte Drive, saw the flare and heard it strike the house, a police report said. He told his father, who spotted the flare on the second floor balcony.
The fire department reported about $150 in damage to the balcony, according to the report, which said a surveillance video showed a young man standing in the rear yard, lighting the flare and tossing it toward the second story. He is described as a white male, 16 to 24 years old, with a medium to muscular build and short hair. At the time, he was wearing blue shorts with a white stripe and dark shoes.
Sounds like another case of class envy that seems to be so popular these days.
We walk early in the morning around Ruby Hill. We have become garbage collectors; spoiled brats throw their garbage out the window of their car
almost nightly. We don’t know if they live in Ruby Hill, or are just envious of those living there; there is no respect for the beautiful area where they are cruising.
Way to be inconspicuous … with a flare. Sorry to hear about the damage, but that’s pretty funny.
With the Guard Gate, makes you wonder if it’s another “Hiller” with all these incidents.
I recommend that Emily W. get into therapy…there is nothing “pretty funny” about setting a house with people inside on fire…
Anti-social behavior not “class envy”.
Don’t be surprised if the person who tossed the flare was a neighbor.
Kid needs help, quick like.
Mike
Kids need help PRONTO! I agree.
When an individual sets a home on fire and ignores the potential for taking the lives of innocent human beings and their property, I think that it’s best to place them in confinement. Hopefully, counseling will be available so that innocent people’s lives are not threatened.
This kind of incident was common in Argentina when I was a kid. It was not unusual to set a home on fire and not allow the people inside to escape. More often than not, the military was involved. If you were merely perceived as an enemy of the state, you could easily disappear with no explanation. Even today, lives of Jews are at risk.
It’s extemely frightening when people and they are never seen again.
It’s frightening when people suddenly disappear and they are never seen again. It’s horrible.
What’s going on up there at Ruby Hill? Robberies and know this. Sounds like some insiders doing mischief … rascals do not adhere to economic boundaries.
I guarantee its just some bored kids with nothing to do. There is no way its class envy, because a road flare totally shows those uppity Ruby Hill folk they arent all that mighty. right… And being that road flares flames burn at extremely low temperatures, there is no way it set anything on that balcony afire. It was a prank by some stupid teens, get over it.
There was a flare, just one in the middle of Stoneridge Dr. at corner with Hopyard this morning, 9:20am. Just kids playing stupid. Hope the cops look at video from that intersection and compare with cars leaving Ruby; and that is your culprit.
Oops. Just saw the dates… my bad… Didn’t expect two week news pop up today…