Serial Fresno bomber sentenced to state prison on Thursday

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- More than a twelvemonth aft a bid of bombings rocked Fresno, the antheral down them appeared successful a region courtroom connected Thursday.

Scott Anderson, erstwhile called a serial bomber, was successful tribunal to larn his sentence. The 45-year-old antecedently pleaded nary contention to causing an detonation and arson.

A surveillance camera captured 1 of the explosions. A metallic car pulled up, and idiosyncratic appeared to propulsion what constabulary accidental was a tube bomb. Within seconds, a Fresno County probation conveyance went up successful flames.

The bombing was 1 of 7 incidents investigators accidental Anderson pulled disconnected with homemade tube bombs.

"We had nary crushed to judge that they were going to stop," Fresno Police Chief Paco Balderrama said successful March 2023.

Six of the bombings progressive cars, and the seventh progressive a mailbox. They each happened betwixt November 2022 and February 2023.

Nobody got wounded successful the explosions, but determination was spot damage. Now, Anderson volition person to wage and spell to prison.

"Probation is denied, and the suspect is sentenced to 5 years successful authorities prison," Fresno County Superior Court Judge Geoffrey Wilson said connected Thursday.

The condemnation successful the state's lawsuit against Anderson comes arsenic the antheral inactive faces national charges.

Action News Legal Analyst Tony Capozzi is Anderson's defence attorney. Capozzi says the condemnation handed down connected Thursday was portion of an statement with prosecutors.

"The knowing successful this lawsuit is that helium would plead blameworthy to the authorities charges here," Capozzi said. "And the understanding, also, is that helium would plead blameworthy successful national court. This is some a national and authorities agreement."

County prosecutors besides charged 3 different radical successful the authorities case. Two received probation, and 1 is inactive successful court.

As for Anderson, Capozzi says the antheral is atrocious for what helium did.

"It is simply a stupid, childish prank," Capozzi said of the incidents.

Anderson inactive faces astir 5 years successful situation for the national charges against him, but attorneys are inactive moving retired whether helium would service that successful authorities oregon national prison.