Homeless Man Ordered to Pay $101million
Posted by Media Outrage on November 18, 2008
A homeless man has been hit with 4 years in prison and ordered to pay $101million for setting 2 fires in California back in 2002 and 2006.
Via AP:
A homeless man has been sentenced to nearly four years in prison and ordered to pay more than $101 million for starting two fires, including one that burned more than 163,000 acres in California two years ago.
Fifty-year-old Steven Emory Butcher was convicted in February of starting blazes in the Los Padres National Forest in 2002 and 2006.
The 2006 fire raged for more than a month and cost more than $78 million to suppress. It injured 18 people, destroyed 11 structures and was the fifth-largest fire in California history, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection.
The 2002 blaze burned 70 acres.
Mediaoutrage- Wonder what he was thinking and what his motive for setting mad stuff ablaze was.
November 18, 2008 at 2:44 pm
Although this man has been sentenced where will he allocate these funds from…the last time I checked some some loans are unaccessible!
November 18, 2008 at 3:58 pm
I can tell you what he was probably thinking…”Californians have no idea what it’s like to be homeless and to be treated like sh*t and ignored…let’s change that.”. Not that I know how to read criminal minds, but that one is pretty obvious. I’m from California and it’s a damned shame how homeless people get treated, worse than 2nd class citizens. SMDH.
November 18, 2008 at 4:03 pm
I didn’t know!
November 18, 2008 at 5:42 pm
Wow, CarmelKiss thanks for the info! SMH
November 18, 2008 at 6:01 pm
Too bad he had to go to jail to eat and have a place to sleep…i’m just sayin
November 19, 2008 at 12:00 am
M.O. please keep us updated when the HOMELESS dude makes his first payment,….stupid judge , I hate when they do that, especially when they sentence someone to 347 years or some ridiculous sentence . save your saliva and say “life”
November 19, 2008 at 9:48 pm
@Lio
That gets on my nerves too…Who even lives
that long…Just say LIFE!