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Man Sentenced For 2024 Manasota Key Home Arson
A man who set fire to a Manasota Key home in 2024 was sentenced for “this senseless act of domestic violence,” prosecutors said.

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A man who set fire to a Manasota Key home in 2024 was sentenced for “this senseless act of domestic violence,” prosecutors said.

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