MARINE PARK, Brooklyn (WABC) -- The man who police say started a fire at the Kings Plaza shopping center garage in Brooklyn last September pleaded guilty on Wednesday.
Avon Stephens, 23, told a federal judge that he lit a car on fire with matches as he entered his guilty plea to charges of use of fire to damage property.
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Over 100 vehicles were destroyed in the 7-alarm fire, with most of them cars being stored there by a nearby dealership.
Stephens, believed to be homeless, was previously told by security not to sleep in the garage, but he later allegedly managed to break into one of the cars.
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He faces at least five years in federal prison when he is sentenced on August 20.
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