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California Hotel Owner Sentenced for Soliciting Arson

The owner of a downtown Oakland residential hotel has been sentenced to prison for hiring someone to try to burn down the hotel. Federal prosecutors say Richard Earl Singer was sentenced to 27 months in prison Wednesday after he pleaded …

California Hotel Owner Pleads Guilty in Arson Plot

The owner of a downtown Oakland residential hotel has pleaded guilty to trying to hire someone to burn the building down. Forty-four-year-old Richard Earl Singer is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 31 after entering the plea in federal court …