By City News Service Jul 17, 2021 NEWPORT BEACH (CNS) - An ex-con was sentenced today to 18 years to life in prison for setting a five-alarm blaze last year at a Tustin apartment building that displaced about 100 residents and killed a dog. Patrick Andrew Ceniceros, 61, of Tustin, pleaded guilty May 24 to aggravated arson with property damage in excess of $8.3 million, arson of an inhabited structure, arson of property and cruelty to animals, all felonies. He also admitted sentencing enhancements for using an acceleration device in an arson. Ceniceros has a prior conviction for attempted murder in October 2009 out of San Bernardino County, according to court records, which show that he served an eight-year sentence.