ATLANTA — An Oklahoma man has been sentenced to prison for setting fire to a business in Upson County.
On July 4, 2023, the Georgia Office of Commissioner of Insurance and Safety Fire asked the public to help identify the person who set the fire on South Church Street in downtown Thomaston.
Police in several states cooperated in the investigation after the suspect, Nexus Christian, 50, ran from Georgia and he was arrested in Oklahoma.
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On January 7, 2025, Christian pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree arson, one count of second-degree arson, and one count of insurance fraud.
A Griffin Judicial Circuit Upson County Superior Court judge sentenced Christian to 20 years.
He will serve three years in prison minus time already served and serve the remaining years on probation.
Christian will pay a $5,000 fine and has received a restraining order prohibiting him from entering parts of Upson, Fayette, Pike, and Spalding Counties.
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