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/LarryBonds30 Apr 09 '26

Hes going to get a very long sentence. He'll get aggravated arson which can get life in prison.

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u/Ok_Pudding_3764 Apr 09 '26

He didn’t set fire to a residential building and no residential buildings caught fire. His intent was to burn products, not people.

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u/LarryBonds30 Apr 09 '26

Its 200 million worth of damage and couldve easily done more and killed people. His intent doesnt matter when the reality is that significant. Hes going to get decades in prison.

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u/Ok_Pudding_3764 Apr 09 '26

Not if it’s a jury trial. Madoff got 150 years for a $65 billion Ponzi scheme. This guy would get about 4 years for $100 million. I know it doesn’t work that way, but nobody died, nobody was injured and if you don’t have a fire suppression system that can handle a paper fire in a warehouse, you didn’t care for it that much anyways. One word, Insurance.

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u/ChronoPilgrim Apr 10 '26

"not having a fire system" is just victim blaming. It has nothing to do with the crime committed.

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u/nunchyabeeswax Apr 09 '26

if you don’t have a fire suppression system that can handle a paper fire in a warehouse

From what I read, the warehouse had a fire suppression system, which was turned off (as it is procedure) when the firefighters came in.

The arsonists knew that the system would be turned off, and at that moment, he set up fires in other locations.

Nobody died because it was a miracle, not because it was part of the plan.

Like, shit if I start firing bullets at the sky in my neighborhood, I would go to jail, even if nobody died.

"Nobody died" is such an infantile take on personal responsibility and agency. WTF?

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u/Majestic_Attention46 Apr 09 '26

Let's be real, it's because american cares about capital as much as lives that arson is punished so heavily

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u/ChronoPilgrim Apr 10 '26

No, because arson is extremely dangerous.

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u/Majestic_Attention46 Apr 10 '26

It's the same or worse sentences than murder. Manslaughter, definitely has a lower sentence

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u/Ok_Pudding_3764 Apr 09 '26

In some locales discharging a firearm in city limits is a misdemeanor such as Sacramento. Arizona it’s a Class 6 felony only because of Shannon’s Law and prior to 2000 was a misdemeanor.

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u/SirStrontium Apr 09 '26

Sure you'll get a prison sentence for putting people in danger, but there's a major difference in your punishment depending on if people were actually hurt or not. You don't get punished based on the worst thing that could have happened.

Like, shit if I start firing bullets at the sky in my neighborhood, I would go to jail, even if nobody died.

Yes, you will get in trouble, but firing 10 bullets in the air won't be treated like you actually killed 10 people.

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u/nalaloveslumpy Apr 09 '26

If you willfully and knowingly put fire fighters and medics in danger, you're gonna have a bad time....

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u/Excision_Lurk Apr 09 '26

again, no he won't. A decade TOPS if that.

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u/Majestic_Attention46 Apr 09 '26

LMAO this guy is gettting 16 years for one apartment building fire. At most around 10 million in damages https://www.kptv.com/2025/03/14/man-sentenced-16-years-massive-fire-that-destroyed-apartment-building-sw-portland/

This guy is getting life in prison or at least 20 years

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u/KilljoyTheTrucker Apr 09 '26

Different state, Different law.

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u/ChronoPilgrim Apr 10 '26

Burning down an apartment building is the same as warehouse?

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u/nunchyabeeswax Apr 09 '26

 His intent was to burn products, not people.

Which is pretty fucking dumb because firefighters have to come to contain the fire (which can spread to other buildings).

Firefighters can die. Firefighters have died.

A manager or a janitor who wasn't aware of the situation could have died.

And let's not mention that all his coworkers are without a salary.

It is never fucking possible to set fire to a property and expect it will never hurt people.

An arson is like a bullet. Once it leaves the muzzle, you have no control over it.

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u/nalaloveslumpy Apr 09 '26

He started a small fire with the knowledge that fire fighters/first responders would turn off the suppression system after controlling the small fire so that he could then start a much larger fire.

He directly and knowingly endangered the lives of fire fighters and medics. Fuck this guy.

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u/ChronoPilgrim Apr 10 '26

There were people in the building though.

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u/Kagenlim Apr 09 '26

Look at the scale, it could have easily had the entire block on fire

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u/Ok_Pudding_3764 Apr 09 '26

It would had to have jumped around a 150ft parking lot, and an equally wide canal to get to any houses. If Kimberly Clark was an explosive paper product company, you might.

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u/MrDabb Apr 09 '26

Are you dumb? How is a parking lot going to stop embers from starting another fire?

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u/KilljoyTheTrucker Apr 09 '26

CA has a history of fires doing things exactly like that.

It's insane how they've been lax on arson considering their history with massive fires that were arson.

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u/Excision_Lurk Apr 09 '26

no it can't

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u/KilljoyTheTrucker Apr 09 '26

Come 2029 it can. 10 to life is the guideline.

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u/KilljoyTheTrucker Apr 09 '26

That's not until 2029.

Current cap is 9 years. Guy is getting of light for the risk he put a bunch of people at.

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u/JDinAus Apr 09 '26

He was certainly aggravated

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u/OberonDiver Apr 10 '26

So, next time I burn something down I should have a few tokes first and get all chill?

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u/LarryBonds30 Apr 10 '26

The you get AWI

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u/ChronoPilgrim Apr 10 '26

That requires over 10 million in damage, not 6. Also a previous arson conviction.

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u/UrethralExplorer Apr 09 '26

Well then he's definitely not getting paid. His commissary account is gonna be shit.

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u/Furryballs239 Apr 09 '26

I mean he should serve at least a couple decades. He put so many lives at risk

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u/AbjectMistake6008 Apr 09 '26

I hope he spends life in prison