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Man sentenced to 63 months in arson case
A federal judge has sentenced a Hartselle man to more than five years in prison for the January 2010 arson at Hartselle Plywood and Lumber Co.
U.S. District Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced David Arthur Groover to 63 months in prison, to be followed by three years of supervised release. The judge also ordered Groover to pay $654,219 restitution to the lumber company and its insurance carrier.
Groover, 39, pleaded guilty in December to one count of arson. A fire in the early morning hours of Jan. 16, 2010, extensively damaged the lumber company.