LAKE COUNTY, Calif. – A Clearlake man arrested earlier this month for setting two separate fires in Lake County has been ordered to stand trial.

Donald Shawn Anderson, 41, was in Lake County Superior Court on Wednesday for his preliminary hearing.

Cal Fire law enforcement officers arrested Anderson on Oct. 4 in connection to a Sept. 22 fire off Seigler Canyon Road west of Lower Lake and a fire that started on Oct. 2 off New Long Valley Road in Clearlake Oaks.

Anderson is charged with four felony counts, including two of arson to a structure or forest land and two for arson during a statement of emergency.

He entered a not guilty plea during an Oct. 8 arraignment appearance, according to court records.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Rich Watson said Anderson was held to answer at the end of the Wednesday preliminary hearing, held before Judge Andrew Blum.

Anderson is now due to return to court on Oct. 29 for further arraignment.

He remains in custody with bail set at $50,000.

Authorities said Cal Fire had also arrested Anderson previously for an October 2003 arson, and in January 2004 he was sentenced to 212 months in prison after being convicted in that case.

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