RANCHO CUCAMONGA — Jailhouse sodomy charges have been filed against a suspected arsonist facing trial for a 2003 Southern California wildfire that destroyed more than 1,000 homes and led to five deaths.

San Bernardino County prosecutors say 29-year-old Rickie Lee Fowler is charged with three felony counts of sodomy by force and one felony count of sodomy in a correctional facility. A Tuesday preliminary hearing is scheduled on the latest charges.

Prosecutor Vic Stull told the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin that Fowler forced himself on another inmate for sex on Aug. 21 at the county's Rancho Cucamonga jail.

Prosecutors claim Fowler set the 91,281-acre Old Fire that caused five deadly heart attacks. has pleaded not guilty to five counts of murder and two arson counts.

Source: http://www.dailynews.com/wildfires/ci_16042025