Man who set fire to Yucaipa church, preschool sentenced to 4 years in prison
A New Mexico man was sentenced Monday, April 14, to more than four years in federal prison after he pleaded guilty to setting a Yucaipa church and preschool on fire last year.
Jonathan Barajas Nava, 37, was sentenced to four years and three months and has to pay $7,008 in restitution after he pleaded guilty in January to damaging Retreat Church and Yucaipa Christian Preschool, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
Nava poured gasoline from a nearby gas station on the church’s front