February 8, 6:49 PM
By Steve Perez
A 54-year-old San Diego woman was sentenced Monday to 19 years and four months in state prison for setting a series of fires aimed at nursing home residents.
The sentence for Mary Louise Wilson was announced by Attorney General Edmund G. Brown Jr. It's reportedly the longest prison term associated with an elder abuse case in California prosecuted by that office.
The case began in August of last year, when Brown's office joined in a probe with National City firefighters and El Cajon police officers, state prosecutors said.
In January 2009, Wilson resided at El Dorado Care Center in El Cajon. She lived in a room with two other women who were unable to get in or out of bed without nursing help. One of the women was attached to an oxygen tank, state prosecutors said.
One night, a fire broke out in one of the women's bed. A nurse heard the smoke alarm and used a fire extinguisher to put it out before anyone was hurt.
Wilson was eventually transferred to Golden Paradise Senior Living, an assisted living center in National City.
Soon after she arrived, Wilson set fires in a trash chute, dumpster and the library. She also threw burning materials down the trash chute, prosecutors said.
Firefighters and the building's sprinkler system put out the blazes before anyone was hurt.
Abridged
SOURCE: The Examiner
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