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Blaine Johnson with his public defender, Max Bergner, on July 9; (inset) Johnson's mug shot from 2020. (Courtesy Portage Co. Jail)
Blaine Johnson with his public defender, Max Bergner, on July 9; (inset) Johnson's mug shot from 2020. (Courtesy Portage Co. Jail)

Man who set fire to girlfriend’s Smith St. home sentenced to prison

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