{"id":1935310,"date":"2023-05-22T01:28:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T05:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hatchet-wielding-man-who-lit-college-students-on-fire-gets-no-jail-time-in-plea-deal-report\/"},"modified":"2023-05-22T01:29:19","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T05:29:19","slug":"hatchet-wielding-man-who-lit-college-students-on-fire-gets-no-jail-time-in-plea-deal-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hatchet-wielding-man-who-lit-college-students-on-fire-gets-no-jail-time-in-plea-deal-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Man with hatchet and fire gets no jail time in plea deal for attacking college students."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhatchet-wielding-man-who-lit-college-students-on-fire-gets-no-jail-time-in-plea-deal-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1935310&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Man Convicted of Lighting Students on Fire at U.C. Berkeley May Avoid Jail Time<\/h2>\n<h3>A Heinous Attack<\/h3>\n<p>In 2020, Brandon McGlone committed a heinous attack at U.C. Berkeley. He approached two men eating outside a restaurant, knocked their food off the table, and threatened to light them on fire. He then sprayed them with the flammable aerosol lubricant WD-40 as they escaped. But that wasn&#8217;t enough for him. He went into a teahouse and lit two people on fire. Bystanders tried to restrain him, but he pulled out a hatchet and threatened them. When police arrived, they found he was carrying other weapons, including knives, a machete, and Molotov cocktails.<\/p>\n<h3>Avoiding Jail Time<\/h3>\n<p>Despite being convicted of multiple felonies, McGlone may avoid serving any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kremlin-critic-alexei-navalny-ridicules-claim-he-failed-to-meet-parole-terms-while-he-was-in-coma-after-nerve-agent-poisoning\/\" title=\"Kremlin Critic Alexei Navalny Ridicules Claim He Failed To Meet Parole Terms \u2014 While He Was In Coma After Nerve-Agent Poisoning\">jail time<\/a> for his crimes. He accepted a plea deal from the Alameda County district attorney\u2019s office and the public defender\u2019s office. If he completes a diversion program for veterans, the charges against him will be dismissed. However, if he fails to complete the program, he could face up to eight years in prison.<\/p>\n<h3>A Dark Time<\/h3>\n<p>During the attacks, McGlone told a man that he wanted to \u201clight someone on fire\u201d because \u201cIf I don\u2019t get to see my family tonight, someone else doesn\u2019t get to see their family tonight. And I choose you.\u201d His defense attorney tried to cast him as a victim, saying that his actions were the \u201cresult of a very dark time, a very bad time\u201d in his life.<\/p>\n<h3>A Horrific Act of Violence<\/h3>\n<p>Prosecutor Sean Flynn blasted the \u201chorrific\u201d acts of violence that McGlone inflicted on his victims and said that \u201cwe\u2019re fortunate that nobody was more seriously hurt.\u201d Judge James Cramer has ordered McGlone to successfully engage in and complete whatever course of therapy is prescribed by the treatment team and abide by whatever conditions are set forth. If he fails to do so, he could be terminated from the Veterans Treatment Court program, and a sentence will be imposed.<\/p>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>This is a shocking case that highlights the importance of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-introduces-bill-to-decriminalize-psychedelic-drugs\/\" title=\"California Introduces Bill To Decriminalize Psychedelic Drugs\">mental health treatment<\/a> and support for veterans. McGlone&#8217;s actions were reprehensible, and it&#8217;s concerning that he may <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-l-a-d-a-s-husband-who-pulled-a-gun-on-a-blm-leader-requests-diversion-to-avoid-jail\/\" title=\"Former L.A. D.A.\u2019s Husband Who Pulled A Gun On A BLM Leader Requests Diversion To Avoid Jail\">avoid jail time<\/a>. Let&#8217;s hope that he takes the treatment seriously and doesn&#8217;t pose a threat to society in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brandon McGlone, who set students on fire at U.C. Berkeley in 2020, may avoid jail time by participating in a diversion program for veterans. Despite being convicted of several felonies, McGlone accepted a plea deal, according to the Berkeley Scanner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1935311,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[7280,4023,3715,23476,5471,6418,4072,5073],"class_list":["post-1935310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-attacking","tag-college","tag-deal","tag-hatchet","tag-jail","tag-plea","tag-students","tag-time"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1935310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1935310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1935310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1935311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1935310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1935310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1935310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}