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A Nett Lake man has been sentenced for
setting fire to the Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Center in
northeastern Minnesota last July.


      U.S. District Judge Patrick Schiltz on Monday sentenced
21-year-old William Lynn Isham to 41 months in prison on one count
of arson.


      Isham pleaded guilty in November. In his plea agreement, Isham
admitted setting fire to the reservation's tribal center.


      Two witnesses told authorities that earlier that evening of July
20, Isham said he wanted to burn down the center. The U.S.
Attorney's office says Isham then disappeared and when he returned
bragged about setting fire to the building and a vehicle in front
of it.
      
      

A Nett Lake man has been sentenced for
setting fire to the Bois Forte Reservation Tribal Center in
northeastern Minnesota last July.


Minn. man sentenced for tribal center fire

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