A 25-year-old man from Minnesota pleaded guilty on Friday after authorities accused him of helping to set fire to the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct headquarters last May.
The May 28 fire took place during a night of turmoil, three days after George Floyd’s death in police custody in the city, the US Attorney’s Office announced.
The fire caused about $ 12 million in damage and forced police to work in a temporary space, prosecutors said, according to FOX 9 in Minneapolis.
The defendant, identified as Devon De-Andre Turner, was convicted of conspiracy to commit arson. He admitted to District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz that he and another ruffler lit an incendiary device that he took into the police station to start the fire.
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A large crowd gathered around the building shouting, “Burn it! Burn it!”
Turner is one of four defendants who pleaded guilty to involvement in connection with the fire.
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He is due to be sentenced in May and faces up to 41 to 51 months in prison, according to FOX 9.