MARTINSBURG, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia couple were sentenced to more than three years each after pleading guilty in a scheme to fraudulently collect renter's insurance benefits.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City man pleaded guilty to participating in a $235,000 arson and insurance fraud conspiracy.

Federal prosecutors say 43-year-old Joseph Levi Little pleaded guilty Wednesday. He is the third person to plead guilty in the scheme.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A man accused of having started a Pittsburgh blaze that killed three firefighters two decades ago is due in federal court.

Thirty-nine-year-old Gregory Brown Jr is scheduled for his initial appearance Monday afternoon on a charge of malicious destruction of property resulting in death.