A SERIAL ARSONIST GETS 20 YEARS IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR SETTING A NUMBER OF FIRES AT BUSINESSES ACROSS ALBUQUERQUE IN NOVEMBER OF 2016. A JUDGE THURSDAY HANDED 29 YEAR OLD DAVID HICKMAN THE MAXIMUM SENTENCE ALLOWED UNDER A PLEA DEAL WITH PROSECUTORS.
THE MOST DAMAGING FIRE VIRTUALLY DESTROYED A CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN NOB HILL…WITH DAMAGE PLACED AT MORE THAN EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS. HICKMAN ADMITTED TO SETTING NINE FIRES…BUT ENDED UP PLEADING GUILTY TO FIVE COUNTS OF ARSON.
