AN ALBUQUERQUE ARSONIST WHO DESTROYED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN PROPERTY LAST YEAR IS GOING TO FEDERAL PRISON. TWENTY-EIGHT YEAR OLD DAVID HICKMAN ADMITTED SETTING NINE FIRES OVER AN 11 DAY PERIOD. HE WAS ARRESTED ON NOVEMBER 28TH FOR A FIRE AT AN OLD NAVY STORE. HE ALSO ADMITTED TO SETTING A FIRE AT THE BARNES AND NOBLE BOOKSTORE AT CORONADO MALL.
THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE FIRE RESULTED IN MORE THAN 8-MILLION DOLLARS IN DAMAGE TO A CONDOMINIUM COMPLEX THAT WAS UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT CENTRAL AND CARLISLE.
HICKMAN COULD GET UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON.
