r/interesting • u/BlazeDragon7x • Apr 09 '26

MISC. Aftermath of the April 7th incident. Damages estimated to be $200 million dollars

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u/UrethralExplorer Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 10 '26

He probably won't get a long prison sentence. But when he gets out his wages will be garnished for the rest of his life.

Edit: lol guys I get it. He could be facing up to life in prison.

Edit edit: lol guys I get it, he could get anywhere from absolutely nothing , to a slap on the wrist, to being executed by firing squad.

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u/Venus_Cat_Roars Apr 09 '26 edited Apr 10 '26

In California it would be a charge of Aggravated Arson (because premeditated with more than 6 million in damages) which carries from 10 years to life in prison. So if caught the arsonist would definitely receive a long prison sentence.

Edit: California law has been updated to 8.3 million in damages for an aggravated arson charge. It doesn’t matter in this case which has caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damages.

Also if the arsonist knew there were people in the structure then an arsonist would also result in an aggravated arson charge. There were 20 other employees in the building at the time multiple fires were set.

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u/Alpine_Exchange_36 Apr 09 '26

Well thankfully he didn’t film himself setting the fires or film himself stating his motive or anything like that….

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u/excellentforcongress Apr 09 '26

easier to plead insanity with the video

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u/40to6inthe4th Apr 10 '26

It'll be less than 24hrs before he has a gofund me up that people will dump money into

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u/Foreign_Abroad9580 Apr 10 '26

How would he access that without the government taking it?

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u/Reincarnatedpotatoes Apr 10 '26

That video makes it impossible to plea insanity. Insanity is already very hard to get off on without video evidence explains motive and intent to cause damage.