A man convicted of starting California’s Dolan Fire — 어느 critically injured a firefighter, destroyed several homes and killed a dozen of endangered condors — 형을 받았다 24 수감 년, prosecutors announced.
Ivan Gomez, 31, was found guilty of 16 felony counts, 필라델피아 판사, 현대 미술관 칼에 찔린 용의자 정신 건강 평가 지시, cultivating marijuana, throwing rocks at a vehicle and 12 counts of cruelty to animals, the Monterey County District Attorney’s Office said in a Wednesday 보도 자료.
Michael Belter, an attorney for Gomez, 말했다 “a notice of appeal has been filed.”
Evidence presented during the trial showed on August 18, 2020, 그만큼 day the Dolan Fire started, officers responded to a man throwing rocks at cars on a highway, 지방 검사 사무실에서 말했다. 그 남자, who was identified as Gomez, said he had started the blaze at an illegal marijuana grow site, which investigators later confirmed as the origin place of the fire, 릴리스 말했다.
Lighters found on him matched others that were found at the fire’s origin point, 릴리스에 따라. And in an interview with detectives, Gomez admitted to starting the fire “numerous times,” the release added.
The blaze burned more than 124,000 acres and destroyed a sanctuary for the endangered birds in Big Sur, 죽이는 12 condors, injuring several more, 과 ravaging nesting structures, 릴리스 말했다.
A webcam set up at the nest of one of the condors who survived the flames, Iniko, captured the fire as it torched the surrounding area, according to footage posted online by the nonprofit Ventana Wildlife Society, which runs the sanctuary.
California condors, once on the brink of extinction, are still considered “critically endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). 약 200 adult birds remain in the wild today, according to the IUCN.
A rebuild of the condor release facility, which was destroyed by the fire, is expected to be completed by the summer, according to the Ventana Wildlife Society.
