Sesen Tesfay, the woman accused of starting the 2022 fire in the Peace United Church of Christ, received a stayed sentence.

ROCHESTER, Minn. - A woman has been sentenced for setting fire to a church. Sesen Tesfay, 24 of Rochester, was charged with ...

24-year-old Sesen Tesfay was sentenced Thursday afternoon for a first-degree arson conviction stemming from a fire at Peace ...

While the common phrase might be “live and learn,” the Rochester Music Guild is encouraging Rochesterites to “listen and ...

Sesen Tesfay, a 22-year-old Rochester woman, was sentenced to 180 days of local confinement and five years’ probation for the act of setting the Peace United Church of Christ ablaze in 2022.

The fire began around 2 a.m. on April 18, 2022, at Peace United Church of Christ in northeast Rochester. Investigators discovered that the church was broken into and located the fire's accelerant ...