MASON CITY — One of three Mason City men charged with arson in connection with a vehicle fire close to a home has been sentenced to prison, while another has been sentenced to probation.
44-year-old Andrew Lukes was accused of offering to pay 28-year-old William Rogers and 25-year-old Curtis Anderson Junior to set a vehicle on fire at Lukes’ former home in the 1000 block of North Jersey. A fire was started around midnight on February 5th of last year as the vehicle sat in the driveway.
A criminal complaint states that Lukes not only knew his children lived in the home but that their bedroom was on the side of the house that was closest to the driveway and that the children being placed in danger could be reasonably anticipated. The fire did not cause any injuries.
All three men were charged with the Class B felony of first-degree arson, while Lukes was also charged with child endangerment, but all three pleaded guilty as part of plea agreements to second-degree arson.
Anderson was sentenced this week to ten years in prison, while Rogers this week was given a suspended ten-year prison sentence, was placed on five years probation, and was ordered to serve 180 days in a residential facility.
Lukes in January was sentenced to ten years in prison.
