Years after flames destroyed Snow’s Clam Box Restaurant and Pub in Glocester, the owner of the business was sentenced Thursday to 15 years in federal prison for setting the fire.
A jury in January convicted Daniel E. Saad, 51, of Spencer, Mass., with one count of arson, one count of use of fire to commit wire fraud, and two counts of wire fraud.
Prosecutors said Saad set fire to his business shortly after 5 a.m. on Nov. 30, 2014, in an attempt to collect on a nearly $1 million insurance policy from Lloyd’s of London. They said the investigation revealed Saad owed banks, private lenders, and vendors nearly $2.5 million.