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A 38-year-old woman from Temple, Texas, was sentenced Thursday in U.S. District Court in Seattle to six years in prison for setting fire to a church in Snohomish County, causing more than $3.2 million in damage, authorities said.
Texas woman admits to burning Washington church
Natasha Marie O’Dell pleaded guilty in April to three federal felonies: arson, damage to religious property, and obstruction of persons in the free exercise of religious beliefs. She has been in custody since her arrest in Texas in August 2024.
The fire destroyed the Seattle Laestadian Lutheran Church (SLLC) in Maltby, Washington, on Aug. 25, 2023…