A federal judge on Thursday sentenced the last of an arson ring that plotted to set fires to Walmart stores along the Gulf Coast in 2021.
U.S. District Judge Terry Moorer sentenced Sean Bottorff to 15 years in prison, just shy of thethat the judge imposed on ringleader Jeffery Sikes. He ordered Bottorff to be supervised by the U.S. Probation Office for three years after his release and to pay almost $7.3 million to compensate Walmart for the damage caused by the fires.
“They all believed in Sikes’ machine because of the convincing background and false connections he lied about,” she wrote in a court filing. “They were all duped by Sikes charismatic authoritative persona, as was Bottorff and the other defendants.” In a handwritten letter, Bottorff apologized to the judge, the prosecutors, Walmart – even news media organizations that received copies of a co-called manifesto the Bottorff wrote at Sikes’ direction.Bottorff recalled watching a FOX10 News report on one of the fires.
“Sean and Jenna wholeheartedly believed they were on a mission to make the world a better place by helping to mass produce a machine that would turn waste into energy, clean air, and water,” O’Bannon wrote. “Up until this point in his life, Sean had neither juvenile history, criminal history, nor traffic violations.”
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