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Steven Chiriboga, 50, was taken into custody in Sea Ranch on Monday, according to a report from Capt. Kurt Smallcomb.
At 4 p.m. Saturday deputies were dispatched to 13865 Mountain House Road in Hopland regarding an attempted murder and arson in progress, Smallcomb said.
When they arrived at the scene the deputies observed that the residence was completely engulfed in flames and firefighters were in the process of putting out the blaze, according to Smallcomb's report.
Smallcomb said deputies contacted the victim and learned that Chiriboga had allegedly led his 50-year-old wife into the house where he had opened the kitchen gas lines. He then is alleged to have set fire to the residence and grabbed and prevented his wife from leaving while the house continued to burn.
The couple's neighbors were able to break into house, which Chiriboga had been previously barricaded shut, Smallcomb said. Upon entering the house the neighbors were able to drag Chiriboga and his wife out of the house.
Chiriboga then fled the scene in his Chevy Silverado pickup truck prior to the deputies' arrival, and Smallcomb said a be on the lookout was issued for his arrest.
On Monday Mendocino County Sheriff's detectives trying to locate Chiriboga learned – with the assistance of the Sonoma County Sheriff's Office – that he was somewhere in the Sea Ranch area of Sonoma County, according to Smallcomb.
Smallcomb said Chiriboga was located driving his pickup in Sea Ranch and a traffic stop was conducted.
Chiriboga was arrested without incident and released to the custody of Mendocino County Sheriff's detectives, who Smallcomb said transported Chiriboga to the Mendocino County Jail where he was booked on charges of attempted murder, corporal injury of a spouse and arson, with bail set at $1 million.
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