Man sentenced to 20 years in prison for arson in Charlotte County

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A man was sentenced on Monday to 20 years in prison for arson, according to the State Attorney’s Office.

Ismail Tisdale was sentenced as a habitual felony offender with a 15 year mandatory-minimum sentence as a prison release re-offender for second-degree arson, the State Attorney’s Office said.

Tisdale started a fire in his prison cell in 2016 at the Charlotte Correctional Institution, the State Attorney’s Office said. He was incarcerated at the time for burglary of a dwelling for a crime in Miami-Dade County.

Tisdale was found guilty in March following a trial in Charlotte County, the State Attorney’s Office said.

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