Posted on 07/10/2020 12:31:33 AM PDT by L.A.Justice
CHICO, Calif. - According to Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey, three Chico women admitted their guilt in court Wednesday morning for attempting to set a Chico State University police car on fire.
Ramsey says Maria Magana, 21, Clarissa Pauline Volasgis, 20, and Autum Nichole Cossins, 20 set a Chico State police car on fire with a molotov cocktail. All three students plead no contest in the Butte County Superior Court to one count of felony attempted arson.
Ramsey says the incident took place in the early morning on May 31 when the three defendants decided to "send a message" about police brutality by burning a police car.
The trio also set a series of bushes on fire outside of the parking structure on the other side of the police station about 2:30 a.m. before fleeing the scene. A police dispatcher viewing surveillance cameras from inside the station saw Volasgis set herself on fire briefly and then throw part of the incendiary device onto the Chico State police car.
Luckily, the fire went out as a responding University Police Sergeant arrived at the location and chased Volasgis and Magana on foot, but then they jumped into a Ford SUV and left the area at a high rate of speed. The sergeant says the rear license plate was covered.
Later that morning, the students were spotted by surveillance cameras at a nearby gas station filling cups and a liquor bottle with gasoline. With assistance from the local FBI and University Police Officers, the surveillance footage of the car and license plate were found, and all three women were eventually identified and arrested.
Volasgis and Magana were booked into the Butte County Jail on June 1, and Cossins was booked the following day.
All three defendants are due in court on Aug. 5, 2020, for sentencing, Ramsey said. All three remain in custody with no bail. They each face a maximum term of 3 years in state prison.
Additionally, Magana, who is a Chico State student, will be under a conduct review by the university.
LOL - less time than Roger Stone got for being convicted of political self-aggrandizement.
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Pardon me. How about that ‘’equal justice’ for all’ thing? It gets paid lip service by libs daily.
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