EL CAJON, Calif.—One of two men charged with setting fire to a Chase bank in La Mesa—following last year’s contentious protest outside the city’s police headquarters—received a term of probation on Nov. 30. Ricky Bernard Cooper, 34, pleaded guilty last month to arson and burglary charges for the May 30, 2020, fire inside the Chase bank branch at 4791 Spring St., as well as for looting stores at the La Mesa Springs Shopping Center. Along with probation and credit for time already served in custody, San Diego Superior Court Judge Steven Stone ordered that Cooper stay 100 yards away from the site of the former bank, and three businesses at the La Mesa Springs Shopping Center—Sally’s Beauty Supply, Play It Again Sports, and Vons. Co-defendant Alexander King, 20, also faces charges that include arson and burglary and is due back in court in December. At Cooper’s arraignment, Deputy District Attorney David Vallero alleged the defendant was one of several people who …