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Man Who Ran From Police, Started Fire Sentenced

GOLDEN, Colo. (CBS4)- The man convicted of setting an apartment on fire during a police chase where two officers were injured was sentenced on Tuesday.

Brandon Besson
Brandon Besson (credit: Lakewood Police Department)

Brandon Besson was sentenced to 12 years in prison for attempted murder, assault on a police officer, burglary and arson.

Besson, 28, ran away from police during a traffic stop at 14th and Lamar and then tried to hide in a four-plex in Lakewood in April of last year. Police say he set the building on fire before he was arrested about a block away.

TRAFFIC ARSON ARREST  (1)
(credit: Tony Cofran)

No one inside the four-plex was hurt but seven people were displaced by the fire. Two officers were injured in the pursuit and arrest.

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