威奇托男子纵火焚公寓获刑77个月：犯案前关掉烟雾报警器、向住户房门投燃烧瓶
美国司法部堪萨斯州地区联邦检察官办公室11月5日宣布，堪萨斯州塞奇威克县威奇托市（Wichita）31岁男子斯凯勒·伊梅尔（Skyler D. Imel）因纵火罪被判处77个月联邦监禁。
据法庭文件，伊梅尔此前已就一项纵火罪认罪。2023年3月，他在威奇托 West Central Avenue 一处公寓小区的一间空置单元卧室内点火焚烧；点火之前，他先用红色记号笔在卧室墙上写下「Sam apparment 2502 is geting killed」的字样，并关掉了烟雾报警器。随后，他又向当时有人居住的2502号单元正门投掷一枚燃烧瓶，企图在那里再点一把火，所幸第二处火势未成。
联邦检察官瑞安·克里格肖泽（Ryan A. Kriegshauser）表示：「这处公寓小区里住着许多家庭，这起事件本可能轻易演变成一场可怕的悲剧。被告关掉烟雾探测器，说明他想让火势在不易被察觉的情况下有时间蔓延，这大大增加了楼内居民的危险。」
此案由联邦烟酒火器局（ATF）与威奇托消防局联合调查，助理联邦检察官奥拉·奥德耶米（Ola Odeyemi）负责起诉。
（来源：美国司法部）
Wichita Man Sentenced to 77 Months for Apartment Arson After Disabling Smoke Alarm and Throwing a Molotov Cocktail
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Kansas announced on November 5 that Skyler D. Imel, 31, of Wichita, in Sedgwick County, Kansas, was sentenced to 77 months in federal prison for maliciously setting a fire that damaged an apartment building where families lived.
According to court documents, Imel pleaded guilty to one count of arson. In March 2023, he intentionally set a fire inside the bedroom of a vacant unit at an apartment complex on West Central Avenue in Wichita. Before starting the fire, Imel used a red Sharpie to write "Sam apparment 2502 is geting killed" on the bedroom wall, and he disabled a smoke alarm. He then attempted to set a second fire at apartment No. 2502, which was occupied at the time, by throwing a Molotov cocktail at the front entryway.
"There were families living in the apartment complex so this incident could have easily turned into a horrific tragedy," said U.S. Attorney Ryan A. Kriegshauser. "The fact that the defendant disabled the smoke detector indicates he wanted the fire to have time to spread before it was likely to be noticed, increasing the danger to the building's residents."
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Wichita Fire Department investigated the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ola Odeyemi prosecuted the case.
(Source: U.S. Department of Justice)
来源：美国司法部
发布：GSM·美国（发布链接）
图片来源：图：美国司法部总部大楼（联邦机构固定图库）。 / Photo: U.S. Department of Justice headquarters (federal agency photo library).
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