{"id":18299,"date":"2026-06-26T23:01:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:01:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18299"},"modified":"2026-06-26T23:01:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T23:01:56","slug":"dad-upset-jonathan-rinderknecht-still-in-jail-after-jury-heavily-leaned-to-acquittal-in-case-about-palisades-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18299","title":{"rendered":"Dad upset Jonathan Rinderknecht still in jail after jury heavily leaned to acquittal in case about Palisades fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Joel Rinderknecht said federal officials are treating his son as a \u201cscapegoat\u201d for what turned out to be the disastrous Palisades fire.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18297\">Sheriff\u2019s office investigates mass graves at California animal rescue facility<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He and another family member spoke to the media outside a federal courthouse in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, June 26, just after a jury said it could not reach a decision on his son, with 10 jurors saying he was not guilty and two saying otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>Even with the mistrial on all three charges, Jonathan Rinderknecht must remain in custody until his retrial in October.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mistrial declared in trial against man accused of igniting the Palisades fire<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"DrWTtMDTYo\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"282\" loading=\"lazy\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" scrolling=\"no\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2026\/06\/26\/mistrial-declared-in-trial-against-man-accused-of-igniting-the-palisades-fire\/embed\/#?secret=DrWTtMDTYo\" title=\"\u201cMistrial declared in trial against man accused of igniting the Palisades fire\u201d \u2014 Daily News\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt feels like the government is taking him as a scapegoat,\u201d Joel Rinderknecht said. \u201cThey have no direct evidence, as you see, because they couldn\u2019t convince anybody in the jury.\u00a0 \u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo it\u2019s like this is a big victory, and it feels so unfair that given the circumstances, given this victory, the government maintains our son, my son, in jail,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Rinderknecht\u2019s incarceration has been difficult for the family, as has contacting him, said a sister.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18295\">Fireworks killed her 8-year-old daughter. But mom says, \u2018I\u2019m not pushing for any charges\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very hard, and it\u2019s very hard to communicate with people that are in MDC (Metropolitan Detention Center),\u201d Leah Rinderknecht said. \u201cIt\u2019s not that easy. You can\u2019t get phone calls, you can barely get messages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Rinderknecht has been behind bars since his October 2025 arrest in Florida, where he had been living with his sister and brother-in-law.<\/p>\n<p>A brother was with his sister and dad at the impromptu press conference but did not speak. The Rinderknechts did not take questions after their statements.<\/p>\n<p>While living with his sister in Melbourne, Florida, local police were called to the home twice, once after Rinderknecht allegedly threatened to blow up the home during an argument, authorities said. The second time was after he allegedly said he had a firearm and would use it in self-defense against his brother-in-law, according to Special Agent Thomas Harrison of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Here\u2019s what we are learning about the man accused of causing the Palisades fire<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"0n2fn30V8y\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"282\" loading=\"lazy\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" scrolling=\"no\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynews.com\/2025\/10\/09\/heres-what-we-are-learning-about-the-man-accused-of-causing-the-palisades-fire\/embed\/#?secret=0n2fn30V8y\" title=\"\u201cHere\u2019s what we are learning about the man accused of causing the Palisades fire\u201d \u2014 Daily News\" width=\"500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Issues at the Florida home were mentioned during a November 2025 bail hearing, when family members testified that they believed Rinderknecht was innocent, despite the previous clashes when he stayed at his sister\u2019s home.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=18293\">A Nickelodeon hotel makes its way through red tape, again, in Garden Grove<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt feels like the government is taking him as a scapegoat,&#8221; says a brother of the defendant.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18298,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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