Milpitas man arrested for arson at McDonald’s: police

FILE – The sign outside a McDonald’s restaurant in Pittsburgh, June 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

(KRON) — A man was arrested after allegedly setting fire to a McDonald’s restaurant early Wednesday morning, Milpitas police said in a news release. At 2:38 a.m., police received a call about an arson at the McDonald’s location at 41 Ranch Drive.

The suspect was observed throwing an incendiary device through a glass window, police said. The McDonald’s was closed and no one was inside when the incendiary device was thrown into the restaurant.

An MPD officer arrived within three minutes of receiving the 911 call. The Milpitas Fire Department also responded and eventually extinguished the fire, but damage was estimated at $150,000.

The suspect was arrested about a half-mile from the McDonald’s. He was identified as 46-year-old Tai Trinh of Milpitas.

Trinh was booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on arson and vandalism charges. His bail is currently set at $160,000, according to county jail records.