The 54-year-old man who reportedly tried torching his couch at his Ann Arbor apartment building this past summer was sentenced to serve up to 10 years in prison recently.



Tommie Toledo Cotton

Tommie Toldeo Cotton was sentenced Jan. 7 to a prison term of 1-10 years by Judge Archie Brown, court records show.

Cotton pleaded guilty to third-degree arson in November, the records indicate. Two other arson charges were dismissed per a plea deal.

Officials were called to a high-rise apartment building in the 700 block of Miller Avenue in Ann Arbor around 7:16 a.m. Aug. 26 for the incident, records show.

Police say Cotton lit the couch on fire with a lighter and pulled it into a common area.

Cotton told investigators he lit the sofa on fire because he believed it had bedbugs.

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