A Fairbanks man was sentenced Thursday for carrying out a series of arson attacks in the Pleasant Valley and Two Rivers area in the summer of 2021. The judge underscored that it was “sheer happenstance” no one died or was injured by the fires Gallion set.
Jamison Gallion is fingerprinted after his sentencing February 2nd at the Rabinowitz Courthouse in Fairbanks. A Fairbanks man was sentenced Thursday for carrying out a series of arson attacks in the Pleasant Valley and Two Rivers area in the summer of 2021. Jamison Gallion, 19, was sentenced by Superior Court Judge Paul Lyle to serve 24 years in prison.
“The defendant engaged in a series of arsons that caused millions of dollars of damage. He directly endangered the lives of ten people, some of them as they slept,” he said. “The defendant has indicated that he committed the arsons for the thrill of it, to calm his stress, which would return after each fire, for personal satisfaction and because he allowed wickedness to overtake him. His June 2021 letter said he committed the arsons to obtain revenge and to release anger against people who were unkind,” Lyle said.
McKee, his wife, other family members and a rental tenant escaped a fire that destroyed their multi structure property. He says Gallion should have gotten more time, but some charges were dropped. He estimates the replacement cost of the property he lost at about $2.5 million but says the arson attack has also taken another type of toll.