Man, 30, pleads not guilty to starting fire that destroyed SW Portland apartment building

Photo of Garrett Repp being arraigned. He is a white man with shoulder-length brown hair. He is wearing a blue prison-issued shirt and has his armed crossed and is looking away from the camera. He is surrounded by glass walls. A sheriff's deputy stands nearby.

Garrett Repp, 30, of Portland was arraigned Friday, May 26, 2023, at Multnomah County’s Justice Center.Dave Killen

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A 30-year-old man accused of setting the fire that destroyed a 113-year-old Southwest Portland apartment building on May 16 pleaded not guilty Friday to more than a dozen felony arson charges.

Garrett A. Repp was arraigned Friday at Multnomah County’s Justice Center on 15 counts of first-degree arson, 16 counts of reckless endangerment and first-degree criminal mischief.

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