The Brief

PHOENIX - Federal officials say a 66-year-old Michigan man has been convicted of setting fire to semi-truck trailers in Arizona.

What we know:

According to a statement released on Aug. 28, Viorel Pricop was found guilty of three counts of arson of a vehicle or property in interstate commerce. The guilty verdict was rendered by a federal jury the week prior.

"Pricop has been in federal custody since October 2022," read a portion of the statement.

The backstory:

Per federal officials, evidence presented during Pricop's eight-day trial show that he set fire to three semi-truck trailers within Arizona that belonged to a Phoenix-based trucking company named Swift Transportation, as part of a "larger pattern of arsons targeting Swift.

Investigators said two of the three incide

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