Nikolas Dean Pope, the Hartstown resident who pleaded guilty to burning down Conneaut Lake Park’s Dreamland Ballroom and Harmonsburg Presbyterian Church, was sentenced to a minimum of three years to a maximum of 20 years in prison followed by 10 years probation by Crawford County Court of Common Pleas Judge Anthony Vardaro.
Pope was also ordered to pay a total of $1,500 in fines and $1.7 million in restitution to the church, its insurance company and the trustees of Conneaut Lake Park.
