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A northern Utah man was sentenced this week after admitting to going on an arson spree in Box Elder County this past July.

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Arson spree began. >> that time he was going through a divorce. he was filing for bankruptcy. his wife was falling apart. he was drinking heavily. >> and the first three numbers of his license plate were exactly what the hypnotized witness remembered. the task force put paul keller under surveillance for ten days they followed him hoping they could catch him in the act. >> the task force people were trying to keep paul under surveillance which was real challenging. and they would lose him periodically. and everybody would panic. >> eventually they decided to take him into custody. >> hi. paul ...

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He was detained momentarily by court security personnel. >> reporter: authorities suspect his mother's detention may have been the motivation for what began less than 12 hours later. the first of more than 50 arson fires that terrified several los angeles communities over four days. >> the room was full of smoke. so we couldn't even breathe. >> reporter: the arson spree didn't stop until harry burkhart was arrested. appearing to smirk in the back seat of a patrol car early monday morning. he was apprehended by a reserve sheriff's deputy acting on a tip from the state department. an agent recog...