James Hibbard (Reporter)

When this guy looked at you with his, like, icy blue eyes, you're like, has this guy ever killed somebody and gotten away with it? Maybe.

When this guy looked at you with his, like, icy blue eyes, you're like, has this guy ever killed somebody and gotten away with it? Maybe.

The meticulously executed attacks, impassioned ideological messages, and comically baffled collection of law enforcement officials are almost enough to make you root for the arsonist.

The meticulously executed attacks, impassioned ideological messages, and comically baffled collection of law enforcement officials are almost enough to make you root for the arsonist.

No, I don't think setting fires is an okay way to protest bourbon sprawl, or really anything for that matter. If your argument requires you to blow up something to make your point, how good is your argument really?

No, I don't think setting fires is an okay way to protest bourbon sprawl, or really anything for that matter. If your argument requires you to blow up something to make your point, how good is your argument really?

We got a few angry letters, a few angry calls. That wasn't seemingly a big deal until we got the letter from the arsonist.

We got a few angry letters, a few angry calls. That wasn't seemingly a big deal until we got the letter from the arsonist.

They saw an opportunity to get unprecedented insight into these fires, which was inherently newsworthy. This was, for that city at that time, a scoop as big as they came.

They saw an opportunity to get unprecedented insight into these fires, which was inherently newsworthy. This was, for that city at that time, a scoop as big as they came.

He came up with the idea of putting my office phone number on the cover of next week's issue, along with the message, to thou shall not.

He came up with the idea of putting my office phone number on the cover of next week's issue, along with the message, to thou shall not.

We ran the message in this little box at the top corner of the cover.

We ran the message in this little box at the top corner of the cover.

I would explain it by saying things like, oh, it's just a typo, even though that doesn't make any sense. And then I got the call. He said, I got your message. James sits bolt upright in his chair. That was when I started to realize this is turning into a big deal. It was very weird. He seemed super casual, like just kind of in a good mood and chatty, but also arrogant and high in his own supply.

I would explain it by saying things like, oh, it's just a typo, even though that doesn't make any sense. And then I got the call. He said, I got your message. James sits bolt upright in his chair. That was when I started to realize this is turning into a big deal. It was very weird. He seemed super casual, like just kind of in a good mood and chatty, but also arrogant and high in his own supply.

He sounded like a youngish to middle, lower middle age business professional. He sounded like a guy on his lunch hour at an office just chatting about the weather.

He sounded like a youngish to middle, lower middle age business professional. He sounded like a guy on his lunch hour at an office just chatting about the weather.

He wanted to set the record straight. And he also said, and this will be important later, that a North Phoenix Preserve unit was forming in his group.

He wanted to set the record straight. And he also said, and this will be important later, that a North Phoenix Preserve unit was forming in his group.