Carlson, 30, was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in state prison — the maximum penalty for felony arson — after admitting to ...

Three months after Chico’s 156-year-old Bidwell Mansion was deliberately set ablaze, 30-year-old Kevin Andrew Carlson was ...

A judge sentenced Kevin Carlson to 11 years for setting fire to Bidwell Mansion. He's also ordered to pay over $37 million in ...

Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey said that Kevin Carlson got six years for the arson and an additional five years ...

The man who ignited the fire that destroyed the historic Bidwell Mansion in Chico was sentenced to 11 years in state prison, ...

Butte County District Attorney Michael L. Ramsey discusses the investigation into Bidwell Mansion arson suspect Kevin Alexander Carlson during a press conference on Monday, Jan. 6, 2025 ...

The man who pleaded “no contest” to setting fire to the Bidwell Mansion in Chico back on December 11, 2024, was sentenced to 11 years in state prison, according to the Butte County ...

lived in the Bidwell Mansion with his wife Annie from 1868 to 1900. The 26-room estate, recognized for its early innovations like plumbing and gas lighting, has been a California Historical ...

Finally, Wednesday afternoon, a Butte County judge sentenced the Bidwell Mansion arsonist to the maximum prison sentence he ...

Carlson, 30, was sentenced Wednesday to 11 years in state prison — the maximum penalty for felony arson — after admitting to setting fire to Bidwell Mansion, an act that stunned the city and ...

John Bidwell, Chico’s founder and a general in the Mexican-American War, lived in the Bidwell Mansion with his wife Annie from 1868 to 1900. The 26-room estate, recognized for its early ...