After hearing an emotional statement from the pastor of the Leesburg Grace Brethren Church, Timothy Grevenstuk was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison. Grevenstuk, 18, was convicted last month, during a jury trial in Kosciusko Circuit Court, of setting the fire that destroyed the church in July 1997.He was sentenced to the minimum time for arson resulting in bodily injury, a Class A felony. Grevenstuk also was convicted of burglary to the church and theft in the same incident.His sentences for those two crimes will be served concurrently with the arson sentence. "Why would anyone want to burn a church down?" Pastor Jeff Hoffard asked at the sentencing hearing.Hoffard said he and his church members have been asking themselves that question for the past year and just don't understand.
TIFFANY SHAW Times-Union Staff Writer- | July 28, 2016
