Minor linked to playground arson appears in court

The minor that officials said confessed to starting the fire that destroyed the Stewart Vincent Wolfe Imaginary Playground in 2014 appeared in court Tuesday.

Seventeen-year-old Kane Perez was in court in order to be reassigned to a different division.

His defense attorney asked for the case to be set in division 5, where a different case is being handled for Perez.

The judge ordered his next court appearance to be later this month for a status hearing.

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Perez was already in custody for the officer-involved shooting that happened on the night of August 1.

A three and a half year investigation by YPD and YFD led to the connection of Kane Perez.