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A man allegedly set fire to a wall outside a downtown Saint Paul convenience store and was arrested five days later wearing the same clothes. Juel Antonio Satchell , 39, of Saint Paul, faces felony charges of second-degree arson and first-degree damage to property.
A house fire in Saint Paul led to a first-degree arson charge after police say a man set the blaze while his mother was inside and unable to leave. The incident happened around 12:43 p.
Andrew Michael Alvarez, 29, was sentenced Feb. 27 after pleading guilty to first-degree arson of a dwelling stemming from a June 2, 2025 fire in Roseville.
The verdict followed a two-and-a-half-week trial stemming from the deaths of the children on March 15, 2024, at a home on Red Lake Nation.
The fire was reported around 10:46 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 23, 2025, in the 3200 block of Penn Avenue North, where officers were responding to a ShotSpotter activation as firefighters were simultaneously dispatched.
Randy Mark Couillard, 58, of Stillwater, faces one count of first-degree arson where another person could have been present. Court records show Couillard made an initial court appearance Tuesday morning.
The fires forced evacuations, endangered worshippers and caused hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage, though no injuries were reported in either fire.
According to the criminal complaint, Rochester police were called to the residence around 10 p.m. and arrived to find the front door fully engulfed in flames with heavy black smoke pouring from the house.
Guadalupe Najera, 31, of Minneapolis, is charged with second-degree arson involving a building or property valued at $1,000 or more. The charge stems from the fire at the business on Saturday.
Clinten Michael Larson was taken into custody Friday, Dec. 19, following a barricade situation at a residence in the 18800 block of Jasper Street NW.
When officers arrived, they found the hallway filled with thick black smoke and heard residents yelling for help. Officers immediately began evacuating elderly and immobile residents while working to control the fire.
Campbell is charged with three felony counts of first degree arson and one felony count of insurance fraud and is being held in the Oakland County Jail awaiting extradition to Minnesota.
