As of Friday, Protsman had only been charged in connection with the fire at Robertson Elementary School; however investigators have not ruled out other charges and say they could make more arrests.
"By the nature of an ongoing investigation, it means it's still going on and more arrests are possible, but we can't say much at this time," Ron Melcher, Fire Marshal of the Yakima Police Department, told KHQ.com.
In court documents, investigators identified a Web site at MySpace.com, located at www.myspace.com/maydaymob, as belonging to the Mayday-Mob. The "About Me" section of the profile reads in part:
"What's up guys. This is the official MAYDAY-MOB site. MAYDAY-MOB is a group of friends traveling wherever we can to have fun, be funny and rip it up on our skateboards…"
The group's interests are listed as, "skateboarding, having fun, pulling hilarious pranks, rolling bowling balls down hills into traffic, tricking McDonalds into giving us free food, more pranks, throwing parties, camping at places we shouldn’t (OUTSIDE OF A SCHOOL), and much much more."
Protsman allegedly has several profiles on the Internet, including one at MySpace.com and another at Asianave.com. Within the latter profile, he states a local skate shop recently sponsored him. Judging by the videos on his MySpace page, Protsman had a promising professional skating career ahead of him. It remains unclear how his arrest will affect those aspirations.
Another arson fire that broke out yesterday and destroyed 200 fruit bins is under investigation. At this time it remains unclear if it is related to the other fires; however investigators say they have not ruled out that possibility.
Both Protsman and Heilman are being held in lieu of a $100,000 bail. The two suspects are also awaiting trial on unrelated charges, involving the Nov. 25, 2007 burglary of a fruit warehouse. Police say the two broke into the building and ate apples while skateboarding.
