Holiday season arson fires, 2011-12

Heidi Schroeder takes photos of the damaged carport at a Sweetzer Avenue apartment complex in West Hollywood.

(Ringo H.W. Chiu / For the Times)

Sept. 1, 2016 12 AM PT

An arsonist who terrorized Hollywood and the surrounding areas with a series of fires in 2011 and 2012 has been convicted.

Los Angeles Police Cmdr. Michael Moriarty points to an image of a man walking on Hollywood Boulevard. On Jan. 1, 2012, authorities had identified the man with a distinctive gait as a person of interest in a series of arson fires.

(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Arson suspect Harry Burkhart is arrested in Hollywood.

(OnScene.tv / Associated Press)

Harry Burkhart leaves a downtown courtroom after being found guilty on 47 counts of arson.

(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

A vacant church on Gramercy Street between Hollywood Boulevard and Franklin Avenue burns as residents watch.

(Michael Robinson Chavez / Los Angeles Times)

A firefighter surveys the scene of a blaze at a home on Rothdell Trail in Laurel Canyon where Doors singer Jim Morrison is believed to have lived.

(Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times)

Firefighters at the scene of a fire on Jan. 2, 2012. (Rick Loomis / Los Angeles Times)

Jonathan Zimmerman photographs cars that were damaged by an arson fire on Burbank Boulevard in North Hollywood.

(Gary Friedman / Los Angeles Times)

Stunned residents return to their apartment complex the morning after an arson fire destroyed two units and four cars in Hollywood.

(Mark Boster / Los Angeles Times)