Oregon protester convicted of arson in fire near police precinct gets probation, community service
An 18-year-old man accused of setting a fire outside a Portland Police Bureau precinct during a chaotic protest was sentenced Wednesday to three years probation and community service.
Rollin Tristan Fodor pleaded guilty to first-degree arson in connection with the June 26 blaze. His lawyer told Multnomah County, Ore., Circuit Judge Amy Baggio that her client attended several protests and got "caught up" in the event.
Authorities said he tossed a rubber trash can into a dumpster fire on the north side of the bureau’s North Precinct. The precinct wasn't damaged. Officers used tear gas to disperse demonstrators near the blaze so firefighters could extinguish it.
Gavoughn Streeter-Hellerich, 22, is accused of setting the fire. He faces first-degree arson and riot charges. Fodor, who was 17 when the event occurred, does not know Streeter-Hellerich, the newspaper reported.
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