加州资源回收署前雇员Mei Lu纵火与持枪案判刑3年：烧毁前雇主车辆设备 赔偿27万余美元
美国联邦检察官办公室（加州东区）10月15日宣布，Sacramento 居民 Mei Lu（55岁）当天被联邦地区法官 John A. Mendez 判处3年监禁，并须向加州资源回收署（CalRecycle）支付271,708.66美元赔偿。Mei Lu 曾在 CalRecycle 任职至2023年。
据法庭文件，2024年1月29日，Mei Lu 在 Sacramento 一处回收中心纵火，烧毁一辆汽车与回收设备；同年9月4日，她在 Elk Grove 一间仓储单元纵火；9月10日，又在 Rancho Cordova 一间仓储单元纵火。
2024年10月2日，缓刑监督人员搜查 Mei Lu 的住所，查获十余支枪械与1,000多发弹药，其中包括突击武器、消音器、一支短管步枪与多个大容量弹匣。Mei Lu 此前有重罪定罪记录，依法不得持有枪械弹药。
程序上，Mei Lu 于2025年3月17日就纵火罪名与第一项「重罪犯持有枪械」罪名认罪；2025年6月18日，陪审团就第二项「重罪犯持有枪械」罪名裁定其有罪。此次判刑即针对上述罪名合并量刑。
此案由烟酒枪炮与爆炸物管理局（ATF）与 Sacramento 县警长办公室调查，联邦检察官 Eric Grant 宣布判刑结果，助理联邦检察官 Adrian T. Kinsella 负责起诉。
Former CalRecycle Employee Mei Lu Sentenced to 3 Years for Arson and Firearms Charges
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of California announced on October 15 that Mei Lu, 55, of Sacramento, was sentenced that day by U.S. District Judge John A. Mendez to three years in prison and ordered to pay $271,708.66 in restitution to the California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery (CalRecycle). Lu had worked at CalRecycle until 2023.
According to court documents, on January 29, 2024, Lu set fire to a vehicle and recycling equipment at a Sacramento recycling center. On September 4, 2024, she set fire to a storage unit in Elk Grove, and on September 10, 2024, she set fire to a storage unit in Rancho Cordova.
On October 2, 2024, probation officers searching Lu's home found more than 10 firearms and over 1,000 rounds of ammunition, including assault weapons, suppressors, a short-barreled rifle and large-capacity magazines. As a convicted felon, Lu was prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition.
Lu pleaded guilty on March 17, 2025, to arson and to one count of being a felon in possession of firearms. On June 18, 2025, a jury convicted her of a second felon-in-possession count. The three-year sentence covers those convictions.
The case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office. U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced the sentence; Assistant U.S. Attorney Adrian T. Kinsella prosecuted the case.
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图片来源：图：位于 Sacramento 的 Robert T. Matsui 联邦法院大楼（加州东区联邦地区法院所在地）夜景。Tony Webster 摄，CC BY 2.0，经维基共享资源。Photo: The Robert T. Matsui United States Courthouse in Sacramento at night. Photo by Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
