Press Release
☷New Orleans Man Pleads Guilty to Arson
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives ( By Press Release office)
Mar 22,2024
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U . S . Attorney Duane A . Evans announced that Terrence Coe , a 45 - year - old from New Orleans , pleaded guilty to arson on March 19 . Coe admitted to setting fire to merchandise inside a Walmart in Hammond on Dec . 24 , 2022 . He turned himself in to the Hammond Police Department on Dec . 27 , 2022 , confessing that he started the fire while trying to open a package he wanted to steal with a lighter . Coe could face a minimum of five years and a maximum of 20 years in prison , along with a fine of up to $250 , 000 , three years of supervised release , and a $100 special assessment fee . U . S . Attorney Evans commended the work of the ATF and the Louisiana Office of State Fire Marshal in this case , which is being prosecuted by Assistant U . S . Attorney Troy Bell .
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