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RUTLAND, Vt. (AP) - A Manchester, N.H., man is facing federal charges of setting fire to a shelter on Vermont's Long Trail.
Federal prosecutors say Justin Caissie, formerly of Rutland, started the fire that destroyed the Tucker Johnson Trail Shelter in Mendon on March 2 and then lied about it to a U.S. Forest Service special agent.
Caissie pleaded not guilty on Thursday to destroying property owned by the United States and giving a false statement to a federal officer.
He was released on the condition that he not enter U.S. Forest Service land, except if passing through on a primary road.
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