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| Home / College Guide / Ex-Kentucky football player Scott Mitchell stops suspected arsonist on Los Angel |
| Posted on Wednesday, July 16 @ 00:00:35 PDT |
Join the Conversation comments Imagn Images Former Kentucky wide receiver Scott Mitchell was in the right place at the right time on Sunday and played a key role in authorities arresting a suspected arsonist. The ex-Wildcat ran down Andrew Wistic OCalliham on a Los Angeles hillside and helped police take the homeless 43-year-old into custody after he allegedly set fire to forest land. OCalliham was booked on suspicion of arson and is being held on $75,000 bail.
Mitchell and his girlfriend, fashion designer Davanh DiMarco, noticed on a hike Sunday a burning tree and a suspicious man leaving the scene. Mitchell ran about 150 yards to catch up to the man.
Even without digging, I was able to chase that guy down, Mitchell said to NBC News . I didnt know I still had it, Im not going to lie.
OCalliham told Mitchell that he was a fire marshal and that he started the fire as part of a controlled burn. Mitchell asked him to present his badge and noted that because OCalliham was alone -- and because of his disheveled state -- that he could reasonably deduct that he was the one who set the tree ablaze.
Other hikers assisted Mitchell and DiMarco in keeping the man contained and in calling for emergency services.
The Los Angeles Fire Department said aerial personnel along with 53 firefighters fully extinguished the Hollywood Hills fire Sunday afternoon.
Mitchell played college football from 2001-05, attending three schools. He opened his career at New Mexico , sat out a season with the Lobos and transferred to Mount San Antonio College. He flourished at the junior college level and picked up a number of power conference offers before he elected to make his SEC debut at Kentucky.
With the Wildcats, Mitchell tallied 53 catches, 671 yards and three touchdowns over 20 games and two seasons. He departed from the program at the end of the 2005 campaign and went unselected in the 2006 NFL Draft .
NFL Europe came calling after Mitchell went undrafted, but he did not make the final roster cut with the Berlin Thunder. Mitchell instead made his professional debut in the Arena Football League with the New Orleans VooDoo in 2007. He then played in the CFL with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and posted a standout season in 2008 before a brief stint (and no games played) with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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