About 14 or 15 years the sheriff of a small town in Lanesboro, Minnesota who set some buildings on fire to try and win back his girlfriend. He planned to "arrive" at the fires the same time as the fire department and "do something heroic" to impress his former girlfriend, but the fire got out of hand.
He was sentenced to six years in prison and ordered to pay back $700,000 for destroying three historic buildings.