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ST. Louis (AP) — A woman was sentenced to more than two years in prison on Tuesday for trying to light a Seven-Eleven store in St. Louis during a 2020 protest after George Floyd's death in Minneapolis. ..
Nautica Turner, 27, was found guilty of a federal conspiracy to attempt arson in February. She was sentenced in the US District Court in St. Louis.
Federal prosecutors say on June 1, 2020, Turner poured a light liquid to set fire at a Seven-Eleven store in downtown St. Louis. She first tried to light a cardboard box, but when that failed, she followed her judicial deal and she tried to light a trash can outside the store.
The trash can also failed to ignite, but later someone broke out and the convenience store burned down.
A fire broke out on the night of fierce protests following Floyd's death on May 25, 2020.
In September, Justin Cannamore of St. Louis County was sentenced to three years' imprisonment in connection. With fire. The prosecution said it showed a technique to use lighter liquids to burn convenience stores better.
