Former student pleads guilty to setting fires at Christian school
The Associated Press | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 3 months AGO
BOZEMAN — A former student at Heritage Christian School in Bozeman has acknowledged twice setting fire to the school.
Zachary James Silflow pleaded guilty Monday to two counts of arson during a hearing before District Judge Mike Salvagni. A plea agreement calls for dismissing two burglary counts.
Silflow, who is 24, has been jailed since his Oct. 24 arrest for a fire early that morning that damaged the school gym.
The damage was minimized by a sprinkler system installed when the gym was rebuilt after an August 2012 fire, which Silflow also acknowledged setting.
Sentencing is set for March 19.
Silflow said he was upset about how he was treated at the school by students and staff.
At a bail hearing in October, attorneys said Silflow had serious mental health issues.
MORE IMPORTED STORIES
Plea change set in African American church fire case
Columbia Basin Herald | Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
Ex-student pleads guilty in shooting death on Arizona campus
Columbia Basin Herald | Updated 5 years, 4 months ago
ARTICLES BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The Latest: US helped family escape Afghanistan overland
WASHINGTON — The United States is confirming for the first time that it has helped a U.S. citizen and family members to escape Afghanistan through an overland route to a neighboring country.
The Latest: US helped family escape Afghanistan overland
WASHINGTON — The United States is confirming for the first time that it has helped a U.S. citizen and family members to escape Afghanistan through an overland route to a neighboring country.
The Latest: Top Republican says Taliban holding Americans
WASHINGTON — The top Republican on the House Foreign Affairs Committee says some Americans who have been trying to get out of Afghanistan since the U.S. military left are sitting in airplanes at an airport ready to leave but the Taliban are not letting them take off.