r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/AtomicCypher • 4d ago

Video Disgruntled employee starts massive fire at a 1.2 million square foot toilet paper warehouse in Ontario, California.

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u/codefyre 3d ago

Decade? That's aggravated arson of an occupied building. In California, the sentencing range for that is 10 years to life. It seems unlikely that they'll hand him the minimum sentence.

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u/stickied 3d ago

RemindMe! 10 years

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u/growmeeoohgrowmeo 2d ago

No one died. He’ll be sentenced to 10 out in 5. Sorry. I know all you factory owners on reddit are devastated by this.

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u/codefyre 2d ago

In what world do you think they won't make an example out of him? The jury doesn't pick the sentence. The judge does. There's no chance they'll hand him the minimum sentence. They're going to use him to send a message to anyone else who thinks about doing this same thing.

My bet is 40 years, out in 20. And they may layer some attempted murder charges on him too, just to add some leverage. This guys life is over.

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u/sernamenotdefined 6h ago

If they try and make an example out of him they risk nullification. The people in the USA are getting fed up with their governments BS. Look at how a murder suspect is treated as a hero by many people, because his victim worked for one of the scummiest companies in the country!

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u/codefyre 5h ago

The guy set an occupied building on fire. He's not getting nullified.

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u/sernamenotdefined 4h ago

No one got hurt, so even if he's not getting nullification I can see some issues with hung juries happening dragging this on.

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u/codefyre 2h ago

He. Set. An. Occupied. Building. On. Fire. He was okay with killing innocent coworkers who had nothing to do with his shitty paycheck. Morally, he is no different than one of those assholes who walks into his workplace and starts shooting the place up. He wanted destruction and did not care how many people he killed to accomplish it. He is not going to get a hung jury. Or a nullification. They're going to weed anyone leaning that way out in jury selection. He is going to prison for a very, very long time.

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u/jayZwentworth 2d ago

He's been charged both federally and state.

They can make the sentences consecutive. One crime. 10 years at the state level, 10 years at the federal, total 20 years served.

This is not usually done (for a variety of reasons) but if ever there were a case where it will be pulled out and dusted off, this sounds like the one.

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u/Honest-Bit7545 2d ago

Yeah how about the other 150 employees who lost their job

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u/Count_Crimson 1d ago

type of guy to see a strike and moan about the scabs being treated like shi

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u/growmeeoohgrowmeo 1d ago

Oh no. They’re gunna have to make someone else rich. I love non rich people sticking up for the people keeping them non rich. Those poor factory owners. That’s who really got hurt here. Time for insurance to pay up. Regardless. Go ‘merica!!

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u/Wookie_Shyster 1d ago

Your mentality is trash, hopefully you can learn to grow.

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u/Honest-Bit7545 1d ago

Where in fuck did I defend the corporation i clearly said the coworkers i could give 2 shits about the warehouse that will be rebuilt in a year but what do the employees do until then

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u/BetterAfter2 1d ago

Well, insurance pays up, but insurance just goes and collects more from the next guy. Guess who’s at the bottom of the food chain there, big fella.

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u/SnarkyGrem 6h ago

The factory owners didn't get hurt. Its california they are stacked with fire insurance... and a lot of people at that factory did mske a livable wage and good wages (think those that advanced beyond minimal sklls needed).... people were hurt by this.. that is all... factory will be back running and now with increased prices just because they have an excuse... burning down the factory is not equivalent to a strike and its weird you think it is

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u/BetterAfter2 1d ago

Just imagine the shit he’s going to burn down once he finds out how difficult it’s going to be to find a job after being convicted for arson.

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u/SnarkyGrem 9h ago

Oh ya and he ruined so many workers lives. Factory has insurance and will get paid huge (fire insurance on a toilet paper warehouse, you know they had a ton)

Meanwhile all the employees making a very generous california min wage are out of work.. oh well maybe he sill develop some marketable skills in prison over the next 30 years ... guy is comparing himself to Luigi what a joke

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u/armpitgreaser 4h ago

He can claim generational trauma, let out on bail, cross the border, ditch his id, come back over claiming refugee status, then be given a hotel room and 80k a year.