San Luis Obispo County jury convicts Bradley Norman Parrish in Elks Lodge arson

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. – San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow announced that a jury has found Bradley Norman Parrish guilty of aggravated arson after a week-long trial.

On Jun. 13 of 2022, Parrish intentionally set a fire in the creek area near the Elks Lodge in San Luis Obispo that San Luis Obispo Fire Department was called to put out before it spread to surrounding structures.

Below is an image from the San Luis Obispo City Fire Department's response on Jun. 13, 2022.

During the trial, testimony revealed that two good Samaritans who were at the Elks Lodge saw the smoke from the intentionally lit fire and attempted to extinguish the flames.

According to testimony from one of those good Samaritans, Parrish confronted him as he grabbed a shovel to battle the flames and told him to not put the fire out and that he would fight him if he did not have a shovel.

Following the reading of the guilty verdict, Parrish admitted that he had been convicted of arson on four previous occasions and now faces a mandatory sentence of 25 years to life in prison due to California's three strikes sentencing law detail San Luis Obispo District Attorney's Office.

According to the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's Office, Parrish is scheduled for a sentencing hearing on Sep. 19 of this year and will remain in the custody of the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office until then.