A former firefighter arrested nearly three years ago on suspicion of detonating an improvised explosive device and planting several others across El Dorado and Sacramento counties was convicted of all the criminal charges he faced.
Benjamin Edward Cunha, 44, of Orangevale, on Friday pleaded no contest to all 41 felony charges he faced, the El Dorado County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday in a news release.
Prosecutors said Cunha’s no contest plea was not the result of a plea deal, and it will be up to El Dorado Superior Court Judge Thomas Smith to determine the appropriate sentence. Cunha faces a maximum sentence of more than 80 years in prison…