CLARKSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA - Sarah Beth Meckley, 33, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 60 months in prison for arson, United States Attorney William J. Ihlenfeld, II, announced.
In May 2014, Meckley maliciously damaged and destroyed by means of fire and explosive materials the Chateau Royale Apartment Complex in Morgantown. She pled guilty in June 2015 to a criminal Information charging her with one count of “Arson of a Building Used in Interstate Commerce."
As part of the sentence imposed today, Meckley was also ordered to pay restitution in the amoun of $1,246,124.36.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Cogar prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and the West Virginia State Fire Marshal investigated.
U.S. District Judge Irene M. Keeley presided.
Source: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of the United States Attorneys
