Nicholas J. Roske, 29, of California, faces a maximum sentence of life in prison. He was arrested near the justice’s home in 2022, with a pistol, a knife and other weapons.
It was an idyllic pocket of Los Angeles where people knew their neighbors — and homes sold for $5 million. The fire ignited competing visions for its future.
Prosecutors said the men allowed dozens of cars with undocumented immigrants to pass through their inspection lanes in Southern California in exchange for cash.