Man who lit IndyGo bus on fire ordered to pay $1.7 million and gets 8 years in prison

Man sentenced to 8 years in prison for IndyGo bus arson

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Shrouded in a white sheet back in 2024, a homeless man lit fires that destroyed an IndyGo Bus and damaged a bus stop. After pleading guilty, Tuesday he was sentenced to eight years in prison.

In a press release, U.S. prosecutors say Demarcus McCloud, 46, was sentenced for pleading guilty to two counts of arson and malicious damage of federal property. It landed him eight years in federal prison with three years of supervised release.

McCloud was ordered to pay over $1.7 million in restitution…

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