A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for starting the Dolan Fire near Big Sur in Monterey County in 2020.
MONTEREY COUNTY – A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for starting the Dolan Fire near Big Sur in Monterey County in 2020, county prosecutors said Wednesday.
Ivan Gomez was found guilty last month of arson, throwing rocks at a vehicle, cultivating marijuana and 12 counts of cruelty to animals for killing multiple condors that died in the blaze, according to the District Attorney's Office.
State park crews initially spotted the fire and at the same time learned that someone was throwing rocks at vehicles on state Highway 1 at the Lime Creek Bridge. When officers contacted the person, later identified as Gomez, he said he started the fire at an illegal marijuana grow site, prosecutors said.
According to the District Attorney's Office, lighters found on him were in working order and matched others found at the eventual origin point of the wildfire, and Gomez admitted numerous times to starting the fire in a subsequent lengthy interview with the county Sheriff's Office.
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