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AdvertisementSarpy County dry-cleaning store owner sentenced for blowing up his own businessHide TranscriptShow TranscriptWRONG. CITY PROSECUTOR MATT KUHSE SAYS IT’S APPROPRIATE TO APPEAL A DECISION OF THIS MAGNITUDE. DAVID: IT’S TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR A MAN WHO BLEW UP HIS DRY CLEANING BUSINESS IN SARPY COUNTY. A JUDGE SENTENCES 55-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL MCKERNAN. HE PLEADED NO CONTEST TO ARSON AND DEFRAUDING HIS INSURANCE COMPANY. PROSECUTORS SAY MCKERNAN’S MOTIVE WAS FINANCIAL, LEADING HIM TO DRILL HOLES IN THE GAS LINES AT WARDROBE SPA. THE BUSINESS BURNED DOWN AT 168TH AND HARRISON JUST OVER TWO YEARS AG &gt;&gt; THIS COULD HAVE BEEN A CASUALTY NOT ONLY FOR THOSE NEIGHBORS WHO JUST BY LUCK HAPPENED TO LEAVE EARLY OR ANYONE ELSE IN THE AREA OR ANY OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS, AND I THINK A SENTENCE OF PROBATION ON THE CHARGE OF ARSON WOULD ABSOLUTELY DEPRECIATE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS CRIME. DAVID: MCKERNAN DID NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE EXPLOSION. HIS ATTORNEY SAYS THAT WAS STRATEGIC, AS HE’S LIKELYAdvertisementSarpy County dry-cleaning store owner sentenced for blowing up his own businessRelated video above: Prosecutors believe owner blew up his business for insurance moneyA Sarpy County dry-cleaning store owner has been sentenced for blowing up his own business.Sarpy County prosecutors had charged Michael McKernan, 55, the former owner of Wardrobe Spa, accusing him of staging the explosion that rocked the business near 168th and Harrison in October 2018.On Thursday, McKernan was sentenced to two years in prison for arson and burning to defraud. He was led away in handcuffs and his wife was seen in tears. Justin Kennel, a volunteer firefighter in Gretna, and an investigator with the Nebraska State Fire Marshal's Office, testified his agency's monthslong investigation revealed someone drilled holes into Wardrobe Spa's gas pipes."The evidence was that there were holes drilled inside these pipes in the natural gas system, and that's just not normal. That just doesn't happen, because it will lead to an explosion," Sarpy County deputy attorney Ben Perlman said.Kennel later testified McKernan asked for more insurance coverage to his store before the 2018 explosion.Damage from the explosion and resulting fire was estimated at $350,000.Related video above: Prosecutors believe owner blew up his business for insurance moneyA Sarpy County dry-cleaning store owner has been sentenced for blowing up his own business.AdvertisementSarpy County prosecutors had charged Michael McKernan, 55, the former owner of Wardrobe Spa, accusing him of staging the explosion that rocked the business near 168th and Harrison in October 2018.On Thursday, McKernan was sentenced to two years in prison for arson and burning to defraud. He was led away in handcuffs and his wife was seen in tears. Justin Kennel, a volunteer firefighter in Gretna, and an investigator with the Nebraska State Fire Marshal's Office, testified his agency's monthslong investigation revealed someone drilled holes into Wardrobe Spa's gas pipes."The evidence was that there were holes drilled inside these pipes in the natural gas system, and that's just not normal. That just doesn't happen, because it will lead to an explosion," Sarpy County deputy attorney Ben Perlman said.Kennel later testified McKernan asked for more insurance coverage to his store before the 2018 explosion.Damage from the explosion and resulting fire was estimated at $350,000.Loading more articles...

AdvertisementSarpy County dry-cleaning store owner sentenced for blowing up his own businessHide TranscriptShow TranscriptWRONG. CITY PROSECUTOR MATT KUHSE SAYS IT’S APPROPRIATE TO APPEAL A DECISION OF THIS MAGNITUDE. DAVID: IT’S TWO YEARS IN PRISON FOR A MAN WHO BLEW UP HIS DRY CLEANING BUSINESS IN SARPY COUNTY. A JUDGE SENTENCES 55-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL MCKERNAN. HE PLEADED NO CONTEST TO ARSON AND DEFRAUDING HIS INSURANCE COMPANY. PROSECUTORS SAY MCKERNAN’S MOTIVE WAS FINANCIAL, LEADING HIM TO DRILL HOLES IN THE GAS LINES AT WARDROBE SPA. THE BUSINESS BURNED DOWN AT 168TH AND HARRISON JUST...

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