STOCKTON, Calif. — A Stockton man was arrested Thursday for attempted homicide and arson after he tried to burn down his neighbor’s home, police said.
Video of 38-year-old Cuong Pham trying to set the house on fire was caught on a Ring home security camera around just before 5 a.m. On the video you can see a man pouring a large quantity of what police said was diesel fuel all over the front door and entryway of a home in the 4800 block of Forecast Way.
Pham then tried to unsuccessfully light the fuel before walking away.
“We have no idea why we were targeted,” said the homeowner who did not to be identified. “[Pham] goes to all the neighbors and asks for money or to use their phone. We have never had an issue with him. He did come to the door last week, but we didn’t answer.”
Police later arrested Pham at his home on attempted homicide and arson charges.
“To wake up to a video of him doing this was horrifying," the homeowner said. "I didn’t know if the house was on fire or if he was circling the house with fuel."
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A Sacramento Metropolitan firefighter's body camera shows the rush to save a dog who was found inside a burning home in Carmichael.