Man Sentenced For Setting Cars Ablaze At Fox5 Station

SAN DIEGO, CA — A man who set fire to three cars at Fox 5 San Diego's station in Kearny Mesa was sentenced Thursday to six years and eight months in state prison.

Dimitrius Cannon, 42, pleaded guilty to three arson counts for the fires set on the night of Feb. 26, which also damaged a security gate access pad, a sensor and the front entry door to the news station. Cannon's city of residence was not disclosed.

Some of the incident was captured by surveillance cameras, in which Cannon appears to use an aerosol can and a lighter to spark the blaze. Fox 5 employees were able to extinguish the fires and no injuries were reported.

Cannon was arrested two days later on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, less than a mile away from the Fox 5 station. At the time of his arrest, San Diego police said, "Evidence was recovered from Cannon linking him to the arsons," but police did not disclose a motive for the fires.

— City News Service