Man who set fire to NH home due to bed bugs to pay restitution after … – NH1 News

BRENTWOOD The Candia man who pleaded guilty to arson charges after he set his house on fire due to bed bugs will have to pay restitution of nearly $180,000.

Stephen Gracyalny, 60, is required to make the restitution payments to Wilbur & Associates of Normil, Ill., following the fire at 36 Hook Road on Feb. 19, 2016, according to the Union Leader.

Gracyalny told investigators that he and his wife, Donna, had been dealing with the bed bug infestation for about two weeks. When they asked Gracyalny what happened, he said he started the fire because of the bed bugs and had used gasoline and a lighter to ignite it.

Gracyalny recently pleaded guilty to arson and a judge sentenced him to one to three years in state prison, all suspended for three years.

Gracyalnys home was owned by the Wells Fargo Finance Company at the time of the fire. He still owed around $147,000 on the property when he set the fire, the UL reports.

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