WASHINGTON, Iowa (AP) - A 53-year-old Washington man will spend five years on probation for setting a house fire last October.
Jonathan Beam pleaded guilty to second degree arson in January. He could have faced up to 10 years in prison.
Cedar Rapids television station KCRG reports (https://bit.ly/1dl94cN) that Beam was sentenced Friday. The judge also fined Beam $1,000 and ordered him to pay court costs.
Police say Bean set his home on fire on Oct. 1. The home sits across the street from the Washington County Sheriff’s Office and the county jail. No injuries were reported.
Beam was arrested in southeast Nebraska’s Thayer County that same week.
Police say receipts in Beam’s car showed he bought gas, flares and a torch the morning of the fire.
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Information from: KCRG-TV, https://www.kcrg.com
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