A Colorado man was sentenced to two to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for setting his car on fire at a facility near Las Vegas. Mesmarian pleaded guilty but mentally ill.
Investigators said they learned that Mesmarian had rammed his car through a fence, crashed it against a transformer, set it ablaze and sat in a chair watching flames for about 15 minutes before walking away.
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Mohammed Reza Mesmarian, 35, was sentenced to two to 10 years following his plea in November in the power plant fire initially thought to be a terror attack.
A man was arrested after investigators say he crashed his car through the gate at a solar energy plant in Las Vegas, Nevada and then set the vehicle on