Prosecutors said Cragg, Caleb Ward and Steven Dean set fire to Smith’s Bistro in Franklin last October. The fire set off a huge backdraft explosion that put several firefighters in danger.
Dean and Ward are scheduled to be sentenced next month on charges of burglary and safe-cracking.
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