Matthew Cloyd, 21, and Benjamin Moseley, 20, were sentenced to eight years each for the blazes, which terrorized rural, church-centered communities for weeks last year. Russell Lee DeBusk Jr., 20, wasn't involved in all the fires and was sentenced to seven years.
U.S. District Judge David Proctor also ordered $3.1 million in restitution payments by Cloyd and Moseley and $1.9 million by DeBusk. Following their release, each man must perform 300 hours of community service work at the burned-out churches.
Originally posted by: mugs
You know, none of them are actually teens.
Originally posted by: ryan256
Matthew Cloyd, 21, and Benjamin Moseley, 20, were sentenced to eight years each for the blazes, which terrorized rural, church-centered communities for weeks last year. Russell Lee DeBusk Jr., 20, wasn't involved in all the fires and was sentenced to seven years.
U.S. District Judge David Proctor also ordered $3.1 million in restitution payments by Cloyd and Moseley and $1.9 million by DeBusk. Following their release, each man must perform 300 hours of community service work at the burned-out churches.
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They got off rather lightly. If these kids had not been from wealthy families or had been tied to any hate group in any way they would have gotten 30 years. :frown:
Originally posted by: halik
8 years is about right for arson if there were no injuries. It's basically vandalism with a large $ value.