The last of a group of Nebraskans who conspired to start fires inside Walmart stores on the Gulf Coast in 2021 has been sentenced to 15 years in prison. United States District Judge Terry F. Moorer also ordered Sean Bottorff to pay nearly $7.3 million in restitution along with his co-defendants. The only one to get more time for the plot than Bottorff was its leader, Jeffery Sikes, a.k.a. They set fires at Walmarts in Mobile, Alabama, on May 27, 2021, in Tillman’s Corner, Alabama, on May 28, and in Gulfport and Biloxi, Mississippi, on June 4. A months-long investigation led to their arrests in February 2022, and they later pleaded guilty to conspiracy to set malicious fires.

Source: Daily Sun September 14, 2023 01:24 UTC