Truck driver serial arsonist set 6 fires in California and 25 across the nation, feds say
In a two-year revenge scheme, a truck driver went around the country — including the Coachella Valley — setting fire to 25 tractor-trailers belongi...
In a two-year revenge scheme, a truck driver went around the country — including the Coachella Valley — setting fire to 25 tractor-trailers belonging to a single company, federal prosecutors say. The last two fires were in September at the TA Travel Center just off Interstate 10 in Coachella. The drivers were sleeping inside their cabins at the time. Authorities believe Viorel Pricop set the fires because the company, Swift Transportation, helped the government convict him in a prior criminal scheme that involved transporting stolen cargo, The Detroit News reported.