VERNON – One of the Vernon arsonists has been sentenced and the other will learn his fate in July.
Donovan Shipmaker and Sean Bibby both admitted to setting a fire behind a pet store late on the night of May 29th last year.
They pleaded guilty to arson damaging property.
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Surveillance camera images lead to the arrest of the two men.
It showed one of them lighting recycling materials.
The flames were spotted by a passing taxi driver.
Bibby received a suspended sentence with 18 months probation and a $200 victim surcharge fine.
Shipmaker is scheduled for sentencing in July.
RCMP don’t believe the two men are connected to a rash of other arson fires in the Vernon area around the same time.
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