Pine County officials have charged two more people in connection with arson fires and numerous burglaries.
Kristina Louise Langerud, 20, of Sandstone is charged with six felonies: five counts of burglary and one of arson. Kevin Douglas Ingles, 21, of Brook Park is charged with three felony counts of burglary.
Pine County officials announced last week that two men were in custody and charged in the 2008 Big Pine Lake arson fires and numerous burglaries.
Brandon Allan Lind, 25, of Sandstone was charged Sept. 21 in Pine County District Court with 36 counts of arson, burglary, possession of explosives by a prohibited person and possession of a controlled substance. Christian Amadeus Eichert, 22, of Pine City was charged the same day in Pine County with 21 counts of arson and burglary.
Lind and Eichert also have been charged in Kanabec County District Court, where complaint warrants were issued Sept. 14 charging Lind with 20 felony counts and Eichert with 16 felony counts of arson and burglary.
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The Pine County charges against Lind and Eichert included several for burglarizing and setting afire eight cabins and two other buildings near Big Pine Lake about five miles west of Finlayson on April 12-13, 2008. The fires caused an estimated $1.49 million in damages, court documents state.
The charges against Langerud accuse her of burglarizing several buildings and setting one on fire between Dec. 11, 2007, and April 4, 2008, with Lind, who was her boyfriend. Ingles is accused of burglarizing, along with Lind and Langerud, three buildings between Feb. 28 and April 6, 2008.
