Man sets own truck ablaze while trying to evade deputies, damaging multiple vehicles

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A Bloomington man is behind bars after he intentionally set fire to his truck on Thursday, causing it to explode and damage other vehicles, while attempting to elude the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department.

Rolando Guillen Ochoa, 58, allegedly intentionally rammed a maintenance golf cart several times at Cedar Village Mobile Home Park, in the 10700 block of Valley Cedar Avenue, just before 4 p.m., the SBSD said in a news release.

Ochoa then fled, and a deputy and her training officer pursued him and "conducted a felony traffic stop on the vehicle, driven by Ochoa, near the main exit of the complex," the release said.

"Ochoa lit his vehicle on fire, drove for a short distance and stopped while he remained inside," the release added. "Ochoa finally exited his vehicle and threw himself on the floor next to the driver's door as the vehicle became completely engulfed in flames."