Oak Grove man gets over five years for setting fires at Arkansas federal rehabilitation center
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – An Oak Grove man will serve a federal sentence for arson after his sentence was announced Thursday.
Officials said 39-year-old Nathan James Hester will serve a 71-month sentence in federal prison after intentionally starting multiple fires in a contracted Searcy rehabilitation facility.
A federal grand jury indicted Hester on Nov. 2, 2022, for attempting to set fire to a North Little Rock business. Officials said Hester was at the rehabilitation center on pretrial supervision on Nov. 27, 2022, when he set multiple fires in his room at the center, leading to a superseding indictment on Oct. 3, 2023, charging him with arson, endangering others and property damage.
Officials said Hester was suspected of setting fires in Oak Grove and North Little Rock through September and October 2022.
Hester pleaded guilty to the superseding charge on Aug. 8, leading to the Thursday sentencing.
United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Arkansas Jonathan D. Ross announced the sentence.
“Nathan James Hester is a serial arsonist who endangered others and caused property damage,” Ross said in making the announcement. “These crimes deserve federal attention, and if there are others who make the choice to endanger others and set fire to destroy properties and endanger others, this office will ensure you are held accountable.”
Chief Judge Kristine G. Baker also sentenced Hester to three years’ supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
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