Former Auburn punter takes plea deal in arson case - al.com

Former Auburn punter takes plea deal in arson case - al.com: "Baldwin County businessman Tommy Lunceford Jr. insisted to the end that he did not set a fire that destroyed his own building off Ala. 59 in Gulf Shores in November 2007.

With a looming trial that would have featured strong evidence against him, however, Lunceford on Monday accepted a carefully negotiated plea bargain in Mobile's federal court.

Prosecutors let Lunceford enter a 'best interests' guilty plea to arson, which allows him to acknowledge that prosecutors could have proven their case, without explicitly admitting that he set the fire."