Husband of Denver DA pleads guilty to attempted arson charges in Grand County Raquel Raclette/Unsplash and last updated 2021-07-22 22:59:02-04 DENVER â The husband of Denver District Attorney Beth McCann pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of attempted arson and will face up to 90 days in jail when he is sentenced later this year. Christopher Linsmayer, 69, originally faced one dozen counts of felony arson and other misdemeanor counts after he was accused of setting slash piles on fire during a fire ban last October in Grand County. He pleaded guilty Thursday to two counts of fourth-degree attempted arson; one count is a felony and the other is a misdemeanor. The 14th Judicial District Attorneyâs Office said the felony count was for placing people in danger of injury or death, and the misdemeanor is for putting a building in danger of being damaged.