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Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety
Tuesday October 8th, 2019 :: 03:43 p.m. PDT

Advisory

Arrest Made in Arson Case

On October 8, 2019, Sunnyvale resident, Seth Vikas, was arrested for setting multiple fires in the Morse Park Neighborhood of Sunnyvale. On September 10, 2019, Vikas entered the porches of nine townhomes in the area, setting small objects on fire. Additionally, Vikas set the contents of a nearby dumpster on fire. 

Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety would like to thank members of the public who helped identify Vikas, after a home security video was publicly released on October 7, 2019. Vikas was booked into the Santa Clara County Jail on ten counts of Arson, 451(d)PC. 

Anyone with additional information is asked to contact Detective McCulloch at (408) 730-7119 or [email protected].  

Address/Location
Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety
700 All America Way
Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 408-730-7100