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Couple Accused of Arson to Collect Insurance | Minneapolis News
In Remer, Minnesota, a couple faces serious charges after allegedly setting fire to The Pub — the bar they’d only owned for a year — in a suspected insurance fraud scheme. Kory Wagner, 52, and his girlfriend Heather Pero, 36, are accused of deliberately igniting the blaze using flammable liquid and sabotaging a gas line, all while under financial strain and with a $700,000 insurance policy in place. Investigators say the fire, which started in two locations, was clearly human-caused, not accidental — and the timing, combined with Wagner’s admitted payroll issues, points to a calculated move…
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