he was scorned leading to accusations of a bizarre trail of property scorched. 33-year-old joshua van buskirk is in a california jail after police say he confessed to an arson spree allegedly fueled by anger after his divorce. among his targets three of his own groomsmen. he's accused of throwing, molotov cocktails at their homes and cars leaving behind a twisted clue, joker cards like >> leaves a calling card. >> suspected arson one in october, a grooms men's truck, gasoline poured on the hood and set on fire. suspected arson two, december 23rd, another groomsmen's truck lit on fire. christmas eve, a groomsman's fence catching on fire. extinguished before reaching the house. and that same night, van buskirk's long-time friends' garage door set on fire. thankfully not reaching the rest of the house with the wife and kids inside. >> what really broke the case were the cards. >> reporter: van buskirk arrested christmas eve. police telling abc news, he confessed to all of the arsons. in a jailhouse interview with fox station ktvu, van buskirk says he's innocent. though he does say he was upset w

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. >> reporter: 33-year-old joshua van buskirk is charged with three counts of arson. police say his target might surprise you. >> people that were in his wedding party. it's unknown why he was targeting them. but that's still under investigation right now. >> reporter: investigators say joshua wrote a manifesto, detailing that some of his intended victims were also his long-time friends. among them even his own groomsmen. but why? police have no idea. >> it's very serious. very concerning. >> reporter: the fire marshal says joshua tossed a molotov cocktail at this concord home setting the garage door on fire. two children and two adults were inside sleeping. >> as for the kids, why would they do such a thing? it's very scary as a parent. >> reporter: here at the churchill drive address the homeowner did not want to go on camera tonight but tells us this incident certainly came out of left field. investigators say three other fires in concord, antioch and pleasant hill have all been traced back to joshua and one peculiar piece of evidence left at two of the crime scene

joshua van buskirk is clarked with three counts of arson, three counts of possession of a destructiveevice and three counts of child endangerment. the child endangerment charges stepping from a home fire. he uses a molltive cocktail to set the garage door of a single- family home on fire. three other fires were related, and other targets were on josh's list, and he left a unique message at the scene. >> prior to leaving, he left a card, a joker, from a card wedding deck. >> reporter: the joker? >> the joker. >> reporter: the joker at one scene, and the joker and ace of spades at another. >> right away he said joshua did it. >> reporter: the neighbor of this home says the homeowner said he knew the suspect, but he was having trouble answering his son's questions about why he was targeted. >> why uncle josh try to kill us? and his dad doesn't have anens for that. >> reporter: at this point, police say the motive is still a mystery. investigators said joshua's list included groomsmen from his wedding, and there were other names on there as well, and he said he was on his way to set more

joshua van buskirk told a california newspaper his groomsman never reached out to year but denies the fires and behind. officers were able to track van buskirk and arrest him once they realized all the arson victims were in hijacks wedding party. >>> -- his wedding party. >>> 6:26. i've abandoned the boots but you are sticking with them, shay? >> mid-50s across the area. for me i'm still a little cold. i still got the boots on but yeah, we're going to be topping out at 71 today. mostly dry today, slight chance for a shower or two but we will be cooling back down to the mid to upper 60s after sunset. so if the kids have after- school activities it doesn't look like anything weatherwise should be too problematic. maybe if they get chilly like me they might want an extra layer if they are outside for any length of time. i'll have florida's most accurate 7-day forecast, timing out the rain and next cool front coming up. >>> we have some problems on the road to tell you about. 6:27. breaking news, this traffic fletcher avenue shut down at livingston, just a block west of bruce b downs, you

joshua van buskirk got ma >>> we're learning morning about the suspected arsonist accused of targetingis own groomsman. joshua got married four years ago. but police say he torched property and cars belonging to the groomsman after his marriage fell apart. in a jailhouse interview, bus kirk said, it tore me apart because i had been there for them. they didn't even reach out to me or care one bit. buskirk has pleaded not guilty to three counts of arson among other charges. >>> some sorority sisters were awakened by a couple of thieves who ransacked their house near san jose state university. police say the intruders broke in yesterday morning on south 11th street. they stole personal property but no one was injured. >>> anti-government activists holding land in oregon say they will leave when a plan is it in place to turn over control to locals. 20 armed people have been occupying a national wildlife refuge since saturday. they say local ranchers, loggers and farmers should get control. they also say a federal raid may be imminent but authorities say they want a peaceful resolution. >>>

fire to houses belonging to groomsmen from his own wedding will be in court today. 33-year-old joshua van buskirk is facing charges of arson and child endangerment stemming from a garage door fire in concord as two kids were sleeping inside the home. other suspicious fires happened last month in concord, antioch and pleasant hill. >>> it is 5:02 right now. i'm giving my galoshes a break today. tomorrow i have to break them out. >> no galoshes. > > this is the calm before the storm. we have the next system tonight. in the meantime hi-def doppler is dry and so is our golden gate camera lens. it's kind of our gauge as to how much moisture is in the atmosphere. let's check the camera lens. we are dry this morning. 50 in concord right now. 46 livermore. 5 1 san francisco. a mild start to the day. we'll see mild temperatures later on today topping out in the low 60s similar to yesterday. partly to mostly cloudy to start dry today with mild temperatures. the rain returns tonight. those are your weather headlines. i will tell you now, we remain unsettled through the extended forecast. we'll time out the

. >> reporter: a hunt for an arsonist ended with this mugshot of joshua van buskirk.t began with a bizarre string of fires. police say was connected by key pieces of evidence left at the scene. >> there was a card from a deck of playing cards that were left at the scene of most of these fires. one was a joker. at another fire there was an ace of spades. >> reporter: an ace of spades playing card similar to this was left on the hood of a pickup truck in a parking lot in pleasant hill in mid-december sfwl i know the ace of spades it is considered in some gangs as the card of death. >> reporter: believed he targeted groomsmen from his 2011 wedding after his wife filed for divorce and filed a restraining order. >> these are people who were once close family friends who attended his wedding. and all of a sudden now he's going after them. and he's causing damage and fires. >> reporter: small fires, like the one set in the middle of the night in antioch, one of the suspect's lifelong friends and his children were asleep inside. >> one of the charges that he was charged with

fires to houses belonging to groomsmen from his wedding will be in court today. 33-year-old joshua van buskirkwalnut creek facing charges of arson and two counts of child endangerment. the charges stem from a garage door fire in concord as two children slept in the home. other suspicious fires happened last month in concord, antioch and pleasant hill. >>> a san francisco supervisor plans to make bathroom trips comfortable for all genders. today supervisor david campos introduces an ordinance that would require the city's uncle person restrooms to be available to every gender. bathroom signs would read all gender restroom or gender- neutral. it would only apply to single stall restrooms. businesses with bathrooms with multiple stalls do not need to make changes. >>> sunday could be a big day for spacex. they are scheduled to launch a rocket from vandenberg air force base. that satellite known as jason 3 will be used to monitor global sea levels. spacex will then try to recover a stage of the rocket on an ocean drone ship which is a barge with a landing platform. spacex tried it before but witho

he was scorned leading to accusations of a bizarre trail of property scorched. 33-year-old joshua van buskirk is in a martinez, california he confessed to an arson spree allegedly fueled by anger after his divorce. among his targets three of his own groomsmen. he's accused of throwing molotov cocktails at their homes and cars leaving behind a twisted clue, joker cards like in the batman movie. >> leaves a calling card. >> suspected arson one in gasoline poured on the hood and 23rd, another groomsmen's truck christmas eve, a groomsman's fence catching on fire. extinguished before reaching the house. and that same night, van buskirk's long-time friends' garage door set on fire. thankfully not reaching the rest of the house with the wife and kids inside. >> what really broke the case were the cards. >> van buskirk arrested christmas eve. police telling abc news, he confessed to all of the arsons. in a jailhouse interview with fox station ktvu, van buskirk says he's innocent, though he does say he was upset with his friends after his divorce. >> i'm here. because within the last three to four mon

this morning 33-year-old joshua van buskirk is in a martinez, , after police say he confessed to an arson spree allegedly fueled by anger after his divorce, among his targets, three of his own he's accused of throwing molotov cocktails at their homes and cars, leaving behind a twisted the batman movie. >> leaves a calling card. >> reporter: suspected arson one in october, a groomsmen's truck, gasoline poured on the hood and set fire, suspected arson two, december 23rd, another ck lit on fire. christmas eve, a groomsmen's fence catching on fire, extinguished before reaching the house and that friend's garage door set on fire, thankfully not reaching the rest of the house with the wife and kids inside. >> what really broke the case were the ter: van buskirk arrested christmas eve. police telling abc news he confessed to all of the arsons, in a jailhouse interview with fox station ktvuys he's innocent though he does say he was upset with his friends after his divorce. to four months of goingall this turmoil in my life they haven't been there for me. >> reporter: police say they found plenty

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police say 33-year-old joshua van buskirk set fire to his groomsmens' cars and homes when they didn't fell apart. police say he left a string of clues all the way along including a note reading, connect the dots. now in a new jailhouse interview he says he's being framed. >> i don't know who could have, i don't know if it's a setup job or not. i'm just basing all of my statements off of the information that i have. >> all right there. he's now facing a handful of charges and he's denying all of them. >>> listen to what happened to the dirty jobs host mike roe. he has been forced to say he is not the guy who robbed a bank earlier this week in oregon. poor guy. take a look. there's mike rowe's screen left. and that's the alleged bank robber screen right. it shows a pretty strong reaccept blens between the guys. this happened in medford, oregon. the police department was forced to jokingly say that they've arrested rowe after tipsters called in suggesting the robber might be him. thanks, guys. rowe then took to facebook with his defense even providing an alibi to put an end to that confu