Posted on 04/20/2022 2:25:17 AM PDT by Morgana
A man was charged with Arson Tuesday for setting a fire that gutted a Northern California Home Depot, prompting hundreds to flee and filling the sky with smoke.
Dyllin Jaycruz Gogue, 27, of San Jose, was trying to cover up a theft of tools, authorities said.
He was arrested last Friday in relation to the blaze and appeared in court Tuesday He is currently being held without bail at Elmwood Men's Jail.
Gogue is accused of setting a fire that began in the lumber section of the Home Depot in South San Jose on April 9.
He was trying to create a distraction while making off with a cart full of tools - but drove off without taking them after he was stopped by an employee, according to Mercury News.
He carried out a string of thefts that day, robbing a Bass Pro Shop before setting the fire around 5.30pm and a Macy's afterward.
The five-alarm fire damaged an estimated $17 million in inventory loss in addition to tens of millions in structural damage to the destroyed store.
'The Home Depot is pretty much a total loss, the roof is pretty much collapsed from the entire structure so it's going to take some time to get in there - if we even can - if it's going to be safe for our people to get in there,' SJFD battalion chief Brad Cloutier told KGO.
The flames, which took about 100 firefighters six hours to control, sent up a huge black plume of smoke that could be detected by weather satellites in space, San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo said at a news conference.
It fed on flammable materials and chemicals such as paint thinner, which made it harder to fight, Cloutier said at a briefing.
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Setting fire to an area with flammables (the paint section?) inside of a store filled with people is attempted murder in my book.
“...detected by weather satellites in space...”
As opposed to those much more well known, much loved and ubiquitous ground-based satellites we always see, of course.
We need a new Australia where we can just dump our ciminals and let them fend for themselves. Why can’t we just send them to Mongolia for a small fee to China?
I thought that was what NYC, Chicago, Newark, etc. were for...
$30 million in damage and inventory loss by one criminal for one crime.
It costs $40,000 per year to keep a criminal in prison.
For $30 million, you can keep 20 felons in prison for 40 years each.
Somebody remind me again why people say prison is too expensive. I think it is a bargain. And that doesn’t begin to address the social and personal cost of murder, rape, child molestation, fear, and trauma.
Lock them up and throw away the key. That is the best solution.
Are we basking in the benefits of diversity yet?
Maybe after Biden let’s another 10 million illegals in, maybe then.
(sarcasm)
Another Obamason savage.
“Dyllin Jaycruz”
Illiterate baby mama?
Why set the fire?
If Xi had a son...
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