A tie-breaking doctor’s report on the competency of Sa Iosia, 37, charged with arson after prosecutors said he set a blaze and ran naked through a San Mateo neighborhood found Iosia competent and a March 5 preliminary hearing was set Thursday.
Reports received Dec. 11 by two doctors had reached different conclusions about Iosia’s competency and a third doctor was appointed, prosecutors said.
Iosia has pleaded not guilty to three felonies and one misdemeanor after a Feb. 24, 2019, fire that destroyed 500 square feet of the kitchen and garage of his home on the 600 block of Sylvan Avenue Feb. 24, according to prosecutors.
Firefighters responding to reports of the fire at 10:40 p.m. found newspapers on top of the kitchen stove with a propane tank next to it and accelerant on the carpet nearby, prosecutors have said.
Neighbors reported they saw Iosia shortly after the fire running naked, according to prosecutors.
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