Following in Mom's footsteps, apparently

Ben Johnson and Will Oremus have an article in The Slatest about the LA arsonist:

The case of the Los Angeles arson fires continues to develop in bizarre ways.
On Tuesday, a day after arson suspect Harry Burkhart was arrested, his mother was in federal court because the German government has issued a criminal warrant for her, the Los Angeles Times reports. It seems her rap sheet in Germany includes nineteen fraud charges related to a breast augmentation procedure she got there before moving to the United States. She was arrested on Thursday, the day before her son allegedly began setting the dozens of car fires that spooked the city throughout the New Year's holiday weekend.  Her hearing yielded some details about her son, according to the Los Angeles Times. Not surprisingly, his mother feels that all is not well in Harry Burkhart's head. After repeatedly asking the judge what had happened to her son and whether he was dead, she explained in broken English: "He is mental ill."
Over at Slate's sister magazine, Foreign Policy, Joshua Keating wonders whether the arson wave marks a migration of German dissent tactics to American shores. He notes that "lighting cars on fire is an increasingly popular way for young Germans to vent frustration. Authorities told LA Weekly the suspect helpfully told police: "I hate America."
But why, Harry? Well, the Los Angeles Times reports Burkhart's mother may have been in danger of being deported. In fact, it was Burkhart's anti-America rant at his mother's recent immigration court hearing that helped cops crack the case. An official involved in the immigration case recognized Burkhart from the "person of interest" photos the LAPD released on Sunday.
Police are still looking into whether anyone else was involved in setting the fifty-odd car fires that have kept Angelenos sleepless the past several nights.
After about a dozen more car fires Sunday night, Los Angeles police on Monday detained a "person of interest," but said it's "too early to speculate if this person is responsible for the spree of arson fires," according to the Los Angeles Times. Too early to speculate, but not too early to arrest, it seems...

Rico says it all comes down to tits, as usual...