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Sentencing In Church Arson Case

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published October 18, 2012 at 12:24 PM EDT

A Pennsylvania man will spend more than four years in prison for setting fire to a Marysville church.31-year-old Stephen Beightler  pleaded guilty yesterday to arson, vandalism and breaking-and-entering charges. Beightler admitted to crashing a car into the New Horizons Baptist Church in January and setting the building on fire, causing one-million-dollars in damage. No motive has been released.
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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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