Man gets 3 years for arson attempt

A Kootenai County resident was sentenced to three years in federal prison Monday for offering to pay someone to commit arson.

Gordon Mark DeHart, 42, pleaded guilty to offering a man $900 in July 2005 to burn a home and vehicles belonging to a man who had sued DeHart, according to the U.S. Department of Justice.

DeHart told the man he wanted him to set the fires by throwing bottles of gas and diesel through the windows and then using road flares to ignite the fuel, according to a news release.

The man told law enforcement he was being solicited.

U.S. District Judge Edward J. Lodge sentenced DeHart to three years of supervised release following his three-year stint in prison.