A man convicted of arson for setting a fire at a Kahului gas station was sentenced Wednesday to a 20-year prison term.
“When you play with fire, you get burned,” 2nd Circuit Judge Rhonda Loo said in sentencing Brandon Oania, 33. “And get burned you did — burned in the amount of $35,092.50.”
Oania was ordered to pay the amount in restitution for damage at Tesoro Gas Express from the fire at 11:15 p.m. Jan. 24, 2016.
That night, Oania rode with his father to the gas station on Puunene Avenue. After his father went into the convenience store to pay for $5 in gas, surveillance video showed Oania spraying gasoline and laying down a line of gasoline, according to evidence at his trial.
Oania’s father drove away in his white sport utility vehicle as flames erupted at the pump.