Suspect Charged With Setting Blaze at Bernie Sanders' Burlington Office
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Updated, 12:50 p.m. A man has been charged with setting a fire at the Burlington office of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.). Police arrested 35-year-old Shant "Michael" Soghomonian, 35, previously of Northridge, Calif., on Sunday — two days after a man set fire to the door of Sanders' third-floor office at 1 Church Street. Police say Soghomonian "sprayed an apparent accelerant" on the door, ignited it with a lighter, and fled. Sanders was not there, and no one was injured. The fire...

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