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Repeat offender sentenced to 33 months for arson with disregard for human life.
The offender was convicted by a jury of arson with disregard for human life after intentionally setting fire to an abandoned residential building, causing $300,000 in damage and risking the lives of occupants in adjacent homes.
She also pleaded guilty to failing to comply with a release order.
The court weighed the significant aggravating factors, including a prior arson conviction and the scale of the fire, against mitigating factors such as presentence custody conditions and some rehabilitative efforts.
The court imposed a total effective sentence of 33 months, resulting in 9 months and 1 day of further custody after applying presentence custody credit, followed by three years of probation.
Custodial sentence imposed for serious knife assault despite significant personal mitigation.
The court sentenced the offender after jury convictions for aggravated assault and assault arising from a knife attack that caused serious abdominal injuries.
The judge found denunciation and deterrence paramount, accepted that the offender believed she was reacting to a perceived threat involving her infant, but held she made a deliberate decision to arm herself, pursue the complainant, and inflict serious harm.
The court imposed a custodial sentence of thirteen months on the aggravated assault count and ninety days concurrent on the assault count, credited five months for restrictive bail conditions and 179 days for pre-trial custody, and added one year of probation with strict conditions, a ten-year weapons prohibition, and a DNA order.
