Man sentenced 1 year after massive East Burnside apartment building fire

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Nearly a year after a 4-alarm fire destroyed a Portland apartment building, the person who lit the fire was sentenced.

On Wednesday, Shaun Szwarz was sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of first-degree assault, second-degree assault, and first-degree arson.

Szwarz also pleaded no contest to four counts of first-degree bias crime…

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