A 25-year-old man accused of igniting a fire inside the Hemet Police Department, causing damage and culminating in a fight between him and several officers, during which he tried to take one patrolman’s gun, was charged Friday, Oct. 28, with arson and other offenses.Bryan Alfaro of Fontana was arrested Wednesday, Oct. 26 after the alleged vandalism and fire inside the police station at 450 E. Latham Ave.Along with arson of an inhabited structure, Alfaro is charged with removing a law enforcement officer’s firearm and two counts of resisting arrest, with a sentence-enhancing allegation of perpetrating arson during a state of emergency, tied to the still-active orders issued by the governor at the start of the coronavirus outbreak.Alfaro pleaded not guilty during an arraignme
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