Serial Firebombing Suspect Captured by Police

A 26-year-old man accused of throwing fire bombs at two police stations, a school, a house and one that destroyed a truck was arrested early Sunday after a high-speed freeway pursuit that started in Del Mar Heights and ended in Temecula. Edward Batties of San Diego was taken into custody on Interstate 15 about 5:30 a.m. after his SUV ran over spike strips just past the U.S. Border checkpoint, said San Diego Fire-Rescue spokesman Maurice Luque.

Batties is accused of throwing five Molotov cocktails in a series of incidents that began Friday night, Luque said.The first bomb was tossed at the Mid City police station on Landis Street in City Heights about 11 p.m. The device was thrown into the yard and rolled under a car but caused no damage, Luque said.

The second incident was reported a few minutes later at Monroe Clark Middle School on Thorn Street. That bomb landed in the school yard and caused insignificant damage.On Saturday just after 4 p.m. firefighters were called to West Mission Bay Drive near Mission Boulevard in Mission Beach where a Chevy Silverado was fully involved in flames, Luque said. Investigators determined the truck was set on fire deliberately and witnesses told police they saw a white Ford SUV driving away

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