Sesen Tesfay, the woman accused of starting the 2022 fire in the Peace United Church of Christ, received a stayed sentence.

Sesen Tesfay, 24, was charged with felony counts of arson, burglary and damage to property. She also faced a misdemeanor theft charge. In August 2024, Tesfay pleaded guilty to first-degree arson.

24-year-old Sesen Tesfay was sentenced Thursday afternoon for a first-degree arson conviction stemming from a fire at Peace ...

ROCHESTER, Minn. - A woman has been sentenced for setting fire to a church. Sesen Tesfay, 24 of Rochester, was charged with ...

(ABC 6 News) — A Rochester woman was sentenced to 180 days in jail and five years’ stay for arson on Thursday. Sesen Tesfay, 24, was charged with 1st-degree arson for a fire at Peace United Church in ...

Sesen Tesfay, a 22-year-old Rochester woman, was sentenced to 180 days of local confinement and five years’ probation for the act of setting the Peace United Church of Christ ablaze in 2022.

Rochester woman sentenced to 180 days in jail, 5 years’ stay for arson ...

Sesen Tesfay was feeling lonely, down and struggling with an undiagnosed mental illness in the early morning hours after ...