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Grand Jury Returns Indictment Charging Man with Arson in Connection with Fires at Two Businesses

U.S. Attorney’s Office September 15, 2010
  • District of Utah (801) 524-5682

SALT LAKE CITY—A federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment Wednesday afternoon charging Walter Edmund Bond, age 34, of Salt Lake City, with arson and with force, violence, and threats involving animal enterprises.

The charges stem from an early morning fire at Tandy Leather Factory in Salt Lake City on June 5, 2010, and a July 2, 2010, fire at Tiburon Fine Dining Restaurant in Sandy.

Bond faces two counts of arson and two counts of force, violence, and threats involving animal enterprises. The indictment alleges Bond used fire in an attempt to damage and destroy the two businesses and that he traveled in interstate commerce for the purpose of damaging and interfering with the operations of the businesses.

The case is being investigated by the FBI’s JTTF, Salt Lake City and Sandy police departments, and the ATF.

The potential penalty for each arson count is up to 20 years in federal prison with a five-year mandatory minimum. The animal enterprise counts carry potential five-year sentences. Bond was arrested in late July in Denver and remains in custody on federal charges there. Federal prosecutors in Utah expect Bond to be transferred to Utah to face today’s indictment when the Colorado case is resolved.

Indictments are not findings of guilt. Individuals charged in indictments are presumed innocent unless or until proven guilty in court.

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