A man accused of engaging in a bizarre, one-sided feud with a Marrero family has been sentenced to two years in prison for setting their house ablaze as three people slept inside.
Hamza Mohsin, 27, of Marrero pleaded guilty Monday to aggravated arson and simple arson, according to Jefferson Parish court records. Judge Stephen Grefer of the 24th Judicial District Court sentenced him to 10 years in prison but suspended eight years. Mohsin must serve the remaining two without parole, probation or suspension of sentence, court records show.
"This maniac was trying to take out our whole family," Sarah Johnson, 43, said just after the Oct. 3 fire destroyed much the family's one-story house on Towering Oaks Avenue.
Sarah Johnson's husband, Dewight, 43, said Mohsin was a customer who rode in his taxicab on about three occasions, all uneventful.