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Western, Pa. man gets up to 8 years for burglaries

Thursday, October 29, 2009

MEADVILLE, Pa. (AP) — A northwestern Pennsylvania man serving prison time for setting fire to a historic covered bridge has been sentenced to more time for several burglaries.

Twenty-four-year-old Jeffrey Gleason, of Conneautville, was sentenced to 1 1/2 to eight years in prison on Wednesday in Crawford County Common Pleas Court. He’s already serving five to 10 years for the bridge arson.

Police say he burglarized the Conneautville municipal building, a Conneautville apartment and two borough businesses last November.

He was also ordered to pay a $500 fine and $6,411 restitution.