![Screen capture from the Madison County, Iowa Chamber of Commerce website. Depicted is a bridge which was severely damaged in a April 2017 fire. On June 1, 2018, 18-year-old Alexander Hoff was sentenced to 5 years probation and a suspended 10-year prison sentence for the arson. (MadisonCounty.com) [http://www.madisoncounty.com/portfolio/cedar-covered-bridge-1883/]](https://twt-thumbs.washtimes.com/media/image/2018/06/02/Screen_Shot_2018-06-02_at_15.32.24_c0-0-1198-699_s885x516.png?5995b6bdcc913a23007aef416f29c263a0e4bbd3)
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa teen has been given a suspended prison sentence and probation for torching a famed covered bridge in Madison County, Iowa, that featured on the cover of the novel “The Bridges of Madison County.”
Television station KCCI reports that 18-year-old Alexander Hoff was sentenced Friday, getting five years’ probation and a suspended 10-year prison sentence. He had pleaded guilty in March to second-degree arson and first-degree criminal mischief.
Hoff was among three people who set fire to the bridge in April 2017. The two others - Joel Davis and Alivia Bergmann - were sentenced to five years’ probation.
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The bridge near Winterset also was featured in the 1995 movie adaptation of “The Bridges of Madison County.”
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Information from: KCCI-TV, http://www.kcci.com
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