[2banana]

Well, that escalated quickly...

[dennisw]

[TigersEye]

Guess his kid won’t be going to college.

[lepton]

The Rifle was filled with tannerite?

[Blue House Sue]

“Dennis Dickey, 37, pleaded guilty Friday to a misdemeanor violation for starting the 2017 Sawmill Fire near Green Valley which is estimated to have caused around $8.2million worth of damage.”

If the fire caused $8.2 million in damage, why is the perp only paying $220,000 in restitution?

[Cicero]

Well, was it a boy or a girl?

[Repeat Offender]

Well, what did it reveal? At least they could’ve told us boy or girl.

[Governor Dinwiddie]

Hold muh beer …
 

[GreenLanternCorps]

[mylife]

“a rifle filled with tannerite” WTF?

[jch10]

Not criminal but very bad judgement. His joy turned to heartache very quickly.

[hadaclueonce]

Could have flipped a coin.

Bad choice dude, now your life will suck for ever.

I have learned from TV, admit nothing.

[Ol' Dan Tucker]

Dennis Dickey, 37, pleaded guilty Friday to a misdemeanor violation for starting the 2017 Sawmill Fire near Green Valley which is estimated to have caused around $8.2million worth of damage.

Like people keep saying, there's two applications of the law -- one for them and one for us. It's pretty clear the D.A. decided to go easy on him with no jail time. Had this been you or me, we'd probably be facing the maximum penalty.

For example, two homeless guys started an illegal campfire that burned 1,700 acres were sentenced to 6 months in federal prison. (See: 2 sentenced to prison for starting Colby Fire)

This guy sparked a blaze that burned 27 times the amount of forest land, yet he receives a comparative slap on the wrist.

Under California law his actions amount to felony arson due to the reckless nature of how he started the fire and the fact that it burned 47,000 acres of forest land.

From: California Arson Laws, Penal Code 451 and 452 PC:

Examples of violations of California's arson and reckless burning laws include:

1. Setting fire to someone else's car as an act of revenge,
2. Setting fire to a restaurant you own in order to collect insurance money, and
3. Causing a forest fire through reckless behavior (like throwing a lit cigarette into grass despite posted signs warning you not to).

Penalties

The punishment for arson charges in California depends on

1. the type of property that was burned,
2. whether or not someone suffered a burn injury, and
3. whether you set the fire willfully or only “recklessly.”

For example, under Penal Code 452 PC, so-called “reckless burning” of personal property is a misdemeanor in California law.4

However, it becomes a wobbler—a crime that may be charged as a misdemeanor or a felony—if you burn a building or forest land, or if the fire causes great bodily injury.

...

2.2. Reckless arson / reckless burning – Penal Code 452 PC:

Basic reckless burning of personal property under PC 452 is a misdemeanor. The potential penalties are up to six (6) months in county jail and/or a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000).30

But reckless burning becomes a so-called “wobbler” if the property burned is a structure or forestland, or if it causes great bodily injury.31 This means that it may be prosecuted as either a misdemeanor or felony, depending on the prosecutor's discretion.

The potential sentences for the various forms of reckless arson are:

1. For reckless burning of a structure or forest land, up to six (6) months in county jail (misdemeanor sentence), or sixteen (16) months, two (2) years or three (3) years in state prison (felony sentence);
2. For reckless burning of an inhabited structure or inhabited property, up to one (1) year in county jail (misdemeanor sentence), or two (2), three (3) or four (4) years in state prison (felony sentence); and
3. For reckless burning that causes great bodily injury, up to one (1) year in county jail (misdemeanor sentence), or two (2), four (4) or six (6) years in state prison (felony sentence).

[Rusty0604]

Was the powder blue or pink?

[mabarker1]

BS !!!!!!!!

Tannerite

BS !!!!!!!!

Shot from a rifle

BS !!!!!!!!!

$,$$$,$$$,$$$.$$ vs $0.01

BS !!!!!!!!!

[Lurker]

“Mr Dickey started the fire by firing a rifle filled with Tannerite,”

Reporters are idiots. All of them.

Every single one.

L