A man convicted of trying to set the Home Hardware in Kaslo on fire has been sentenced to four years in prison. Alejandro Calderon stood trial in Nelson in June 2025 for an incident that occurred on Dec. 5, 2022. At trial, the defence admitted Calderon should be convicted of arson, but argued he was too drunk to form the specific intent to commit the crime. He went to the hardware store around closing time, smashed the glass front door with a hatchet, stuffed a jerry can through the opening, and lit it on fire. While an RCMP officer smelled alcohol on Calderon, the judge concluded he wasn’t drunk at the time of the crime.