A seven-month arson investigation into a string of fires at Ventura County dental buildings ended in the arrest of a dentist this week.
Leopold Weinstein, 63, was arrested Friday after surveillance video allegedly showed him setting fire to a dental building on January 28, a Ventura County Sheriff's detective said in a statement Saturday.
The investigation began at the same building in June 2014, when flammable liquid was found on the roof of a Camarillo dentist's building in an "obvious" attempt to commit arson, officials said.
Weinstein was arrested after six acts of arson or attempted arson were committed, detectives said. He was identified by citizen who reported his vehicle to investigators when he allegedly saw it near one of the fire locations at an unusual time of day.
Investigators matched the vehicle to one described by another witness in prior incidents, officials said. Ventura County Sheriff's deputies worked with Moorpark, Camarillo and Ventura County fire departments to arrest Weinstein.
He was booked on three counts each of arson and attempted arson charges and possession of a silencer.
Because Weinstein, a Moorpark resident, is a dentist, investigators think he was motivated by money in allegedly setting the fires.
