Former firefighter sentenced in Loda arson case

WATSEKA – A former firefighter who admitted setting one of 12 suspicious blazes in the Loda area in fall 2007 was sentenced to three years in state prison Wednesday afternoon.

Iroquois County Judge Susan Tungate handed down the sentence to Steven M. Stout, 24, of Loda.

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