A Gladstone woman who admitted to hiring an arsonist to burn down a commercial building she owned in 2019 was sentenced to three years in prison.
Mia Lee Jamison, 70, met with an undercover agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to discuss hiring them for the arson.
Jamison offered to pay the agent $150,000 to burn down the building, which was named Mia's Plaza at the time.
Mia's Plaza was located near west 39th and Bell Streets in Kansas City, Missouri, and contained a liquor store, sushi bar and hookah lounge.
Jamison wanted the building burned because she was going to lose ownership of the building to a civil lawsuit. She was eyeing a $1.5 million insurance policy on the property.
After hiring the undercover agent, Jamison gave them a $3,500 deposit.