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__Sentencing:__ Nicholas Owens, age 24, was sentenced to 60 months of incarceration and 5 years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $523,851.00. Christopher Dominic Hyatt, age 24, was sentenced to 37 months of incarceration and 3 years of supervised release. He was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $523,851.00.

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Two Wise County, Virginia men who burned the High Knob Lookout Tower have been sentenced. Nicholas Owens will serve 5 years in a federal prison and Christopher Hyatt just over 3 years. Owens and Hyatt were also ordered to repay the government $523,000. The lookout tower was a popular two-story wooden structure in the Jefferson National Forest. This case was taken out of the bristol herald courrier and its on the local news websites.