Second Gudgeonville Bridge Arsonist Sentenced

WGN PA-25-03

 

September 17, 2009 - Gudgeonville Bridge arsonist Joshua Bell, 22, of Albion, PA, to five and a half to 14 years in state prison, pay court costs and nearly $200,000 in restitution for destroying the Girard Township covered bridge, and other crimes.

Bell's co-defendant in the arson, Jeffrey Gleason, 24, of Conneautville, who previously pleaded guilty to criminal conspiracy to commit arson and other offenses, was sentenced to five to 10 years in state prison, with the sentence in the aggravated range for the arson.

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