Second Man Sentenced For Molotov Cocktail Attack in Apple Valley
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Apple Valley, MN (KROC-AM News) - A Twin Cities man has been sentenced to five years in prison for an arson conviction stemming from the rioting in the Twin Cities last May.
25-year-old Garrett Ziegler of Long Lake pleaded guilty yesterday to a federal charge of aiding and abetting arson. According to federal prosecutors, He and another man were accused of breaking out windows in the Dakota County Government Center building in Apple Valley before throwing multiple Molotov cocktails through the broken windows in the early morning hours of May 29th last year. The two men are also accused of starting and attempting to start fires in the government building by pouring flammable liquids and unlit Molotov cocktails in and around the openings and starting igniting the accelerants.
Savage man gets 6.5 years in prison for arson at Dakota County courthouse
He and another man were charged in connection to the May 29 fire.
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Garrett Ziegler and Fornandous Henderson.
A Savage man has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison for his role in an arson fire at a Dakota County government building in May.
Fornandous Cortez Henderson, 33, of Savage, was sentenced to 78 months in prison for aiding and abetting arson on Wednesday, the U.S. Attorney s Office said in a news release. He pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting arson on Aug. 26.
He and another man, Garrett Patrick Ziegler, 24, of Long Lake, were charged with arson in June in connection to the May 29 fire.
A man who admitted setting fire to a Dakota County government building has been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay more than $200,000 in restitution.