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Jason Ista

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Inver Grove Heights Man Charged with Arson and Smashing Cell Phone

Jason Ista, the owner of an Inver Grove Heights custom computer business, was charged with arson and domestic assault after an altercation at a storage facility left $300 of smoke and water damage.

An Inver Grove Heights man is accused of accidentally starting a fire that caused $300 of smoke and water damage to a storage facility. Jason Ista, who graduated from Simley High School in 1993 and owns a custom computer business, is being charged with second-degree arson and misdemeanor domestic assault after an altercation with a woman outside an Inver Grove Heights storage facility. He's being held on a $100,000 bail in Dakota County Jail. Inver Grove Heights police responded to a water flow alarm around 6 p.m. on Jan. 29, according to a Dakota County Criminal Complaint, and found Ista in a screaming match with a woman. “He did it! I can’t take this anymore. He started the fire," the woman said. “She slapped me! She knocked the …

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