At a scheduled hearing Monday, a Tulare County Judge ordered the early release of the teenager responsible for the Porterville Library fire in February 2020.
That fire lead to the deaths of two Porterville Firefighters, Captain Ray Figueroa, and Patrick Jones.
According to the District Attorney’s office, the teenager who was originally sentenced to six months in juvenile hall for arson in September will be released on or before December 19. All in all, they will have served less than three months in the six-month sentence, in a case where this 15-year-old and another teen were initially charged with murder.
For the families, they are shocked by what they say is a lack of justice.
“Words can’t really express it, uh, it’s a frustration to disappointment to actually having no faith in the justice system anymore,” said Ramon Figueroa, Captain Ray Figueroa’s father.