Man Sentenced To Prison, $12 Million In Restitution For Role In Third Precinct Fire

(KNSI) – A man from Central Minnesota learns his fate for his role in setting fire to a Minneapolis police station during last year’s riots.

Dylan Shakespeare Robinson was sentenced on Wednesday to four years in prison and must pay $12 million in restitution.

The 23-year-old from Brainerd was convicted of arson for burning down the Minneapolis Police Department’s Third Precinct on May 28, 2020.

According to court documents, Robinson went to the Third Precinct, where a crowd of hundreds had gathered.

At one point, the crowd began shouting, “Burn it down, burn it down.” Soon after, a fence designed to keep trespassers out of the Third Precinct was torn down.

Robinson, along with other co-conspirators, breached the fence and entered the building.

Robinson, assisted by an unidentified co-conspirator, lit an object held by the unknown co-conspirator who threw it toward the Third Precinct building with the intent that it would start a fire or fuel an existing fire.

On December 15, 2020, Robinson pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit arson.

Co-conspirators Bryce Michael Williams, 27, Davon De-Andre Turner, 25, and Branden Michael Wolfe, 23, have all pleaded guilty to one count each of conspiracy to commit arson their roles in the arson at the Third Precinct building.

They will be sentenced at a later date.

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