Arson?

Word came in from some former co-workers that there was a person of interest named in the investigation of the death of the CFD Firefighter Michael Altman. He has since been picked up on an unrelated warrant:

• Chicago police on Wednesday arrested a man sought in connection to a Rogers Park blaze that resulted in the death of a firefighter earlier this week.

  An internal bulletin issued Tuesday said detectives were “seeking to locate and interview” the man in relation to firefighter Michael Altman’s death earlier that day. The man was arrested on a warrant Wednesday at Thorek Memorial Hospital, according to police records obtained by the Sun-Times.

  The Sun-Times isn’t identifying the man because he hasn’t been arrested or charged in relation to the fire.

  He has been arrested at least three times since July 2025, according to Cook County court records. In October, he was placed under court supervision for a year after pleading guilty to retail theft. 

Three arrests since July 2025 and "court supervision." 

One of our commentators knows EXACTLY what that means:

• Can one of our brothers in the Detectives Division CONFIRM that the arsonist who set the fire was on Cook County Judges Electronic Monitoring !!??!!?? This is the direction we are going. By transferring Electronic Monitoring from the Sheriff to the Judge these vile criminals will run the streets with no metrics in place, public safety emergency as far as I’m concerned.

Yep, another person wandering around on Electronic Monitoring with zero consequences aside from a notification mailed to his last known address that he missed court.

Did he light this fire?