A 25-year-old man from Minnesota pleaded guilty Friday after authorities accused him of setting fire to the Minneapolis Police Department’s third headquarters last year.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that the fire occurred on May 28 during a night of riots three days after George Floyd was killed in police custody.
Prosecutors, according to FOX 9 in Minneapolis, said the fire caused about $ 12 million in damage and forced police to work out of temporary space.
The accused, identified as Devon De-Andre Turner, was convicted of one conspiracy to commit arson. He admitted to District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz that he and another riot ignited a fuel device he had taken inside the district to start the fire.
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A large crowd gathered around the building, saying, “Burn it down! Burn it down!”
Turner is one of four defendants pleaded guilty to involvement in the fire.
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According to FOX 9, he should be sentenced in May and sentenced to 41 to 51 months in prison.