“Justin Halstenberg has been painted by the prosecution as a mastermind arsonist, high-end, sophisticated with this scheme, a plan practiced over years to prepare an incendiary device with the ...

On Thursday, 35-year-old Justin Halstenberg was found guilty of seven counts related to the Line fire and two counts related to a subsequent blaze, according to the San Bernardino County district ...

Justin Wayne Halstenberg pleaded not guilty to 14 felony arson counts on Oct. 1, 2024. He is accused of starting the Line fire in Highland on Sept. 5.

Justin Wayne Halstenberg went on trial on April 14, 2025, accused of 14 felony arson counts in connection with the ignition of the 43,000-acre Line fire in Highland in 2024. He has pleaded not guilty.

Justin Wayne Halstenberg was charged on Tuesday following a San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department investigation into the wildfire that burned over 34,000 acres. Justin Halstenberg / Linkedin.

Justin Wayne Halstenberg, the man accused of intentionally starting the Line Fire in San Bernardino County, pleaded not guilty to arson charges on Tuesday. Why it matters: ...

Justin Wayne Halstenberg, 34, of Norco, pleaded not guilty to nine felony arson counts on Sept. 17, 2024, in connection with the Line wildfire in San Bernardino County.

Justin Halstenberg pleaded not guilty to igniting the wildfire that injured three firefighters as it ravaged San Bernardino County. LOS ANGELES — A 34-year-old Riverside County man accused of ...

Justin Halstenberg, 34, was accused of arson because investigators believe he started the Line Fire that forced thousands to evacuate in California.

For nine and a half hours on Sept. 5, 2024, a prosecutor said, Justin Wayne Halstenberg steered his white pickup around the east end of Highland on a 108-degree day, repeatedly passing the same ...