THE ALBUQUERQUE MAN LINKED TO A STRING OF DAMAGING ARSON FIRES A YEAR AND A HALF AGO GETS 20 YEARS IN PRISON. TWENTY-NINE YEAR OLD DAVID HICKMAN HAS BEEN IN FEDERAL CUSTODY SINCE HIS ARREST IN LATE NOVEMBER OF 2016. HICKMAN PLEADED GUILTY TO FIVE COUNTS OF ARSON, BUT ADMITTED IN HIS PLEA AGREEMENT TO SETTING FOUR ADDITIONAL FIRES.
THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE BLAZE DID MORE THAN EIGHT MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE AT THE NEARLY COMPLETED CARLISLE CONDOMINIUMS IN NOB HILL. THE CONDOS HAVE NOW BEEN REBUILT.
OTHER FIRES WERE SET AT FOUR DIFFERENT STARBUCKS COFFEE SHOPS…AN OLD NAVY STORE…A BARNES AND NOBLE BOOKSTORE…AND A PRO-LIFE ORGANIZATION.
