The blaze destroyed the church and injured one firefighter. Investigators later tied O’Dell to credit card purchases of gasoline and lighters.
SEATTLE — A Texas woman who set fire to a Snohomish County church in 2023, causing more than $3.2 million in damage, was sentenced Thursday in federal court to six years in prison.
U.S. District Judge Jamal N. Whitehead handed down the sentence to Natasha Marie O’Dell, 38, of Temple, Texas, who pleaded guilty in April to arson, damage to religious property and obstructing persons in the free exercise of religious beliefs.
“This offense was devastating and dangerous,” Whitehead said at sentencing. “You
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