ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - A Shiprock man has pleaded guilty to setting fire to his former girlfriend’s rented home in New Mexico and is facing up to a life prison sentence.
Prosecutors say 32-year-old Dan Curtis Thompson pleaded guilty Tuesday to a federal arson charge.
Thompson was arrested last October for allegedly setting fire to a rental unit at the Navajo Housing Authority in Ojo Amarillo on Jan. 9, 2013.
In his plea agreement, Thompson says he had lived in the victim’s apartment until she kicked him out.
Thompson says he broke a window so he could unlock the door and enter the home.
He says he poured gasoline inside, started a fire and then fled. His ex-girlfriend wasn’t injured.
Thompson has been in federal custody since his arrest. His sentencing hearing is pending.
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