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Arsonist to be deported after 6 months in jail

Published 02/20/08

An illegal immigrant was sentenced yesterday to about six months - time he already served - for trying to burn down an Annapolis home this summer while his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter was inside.

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Prosecutors said yesterday they offered the plea agreement to Alex Edguardo Garcia, 22, formerly of 5 Park Lane, because they expect him to be deported in the coming weeks to El Salvador.

But Joseph Alton Jr., the former county executive and sheriff who owns the Park Lane home Garcia almost burned down Sept. 6, blasted the sentence.

"That's a disgrace to the American citizen," he said, arguing that if a legal...

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