A St. Peters woman will spend five years in federal prison for a January fire that seriously damaged four businesses in Puerto Rico.

U.S. District Judge Gina R. Mendez-Miro issued the sentence to Danielle Bertothy, 37, on Monday in federal court in San Juan. In addition to serving prison time, Bertothy will be on supervised release for three years and will have to pay restitution. That amount will be determined in the next three months.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys had jointly recommended a five-year sentence, which is the minimum under federal law for an arson conviction.

“We were pleased the court imposed the lowest sentence allowed by law,” said Bertothy’s attorney, Justin Gelfand. “Danielle looks forward to putting this behind her.”

Bertothy pleaded guilty in July to a

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