A 29-year-old Illinois man was sentenced Tuesday to nearly nine years in federal prison for setting fire to a cell phone store in Minneapolis during the riots in 2020. Matthew Lee Rupert was sentenced to 105 months in prison approximately four months after pleading guilty to arson. Rupert will also serve three years of supervised release following his release from prison. According to court documents, Rupert posted a video on his Facebook page showing him passing out explosives to others while encouraging people to hurl them at law enforcement officers during a riot in Minneapolis, Minnesota in late May 2020. The footage also showed Rupert actively damaging property, lighting a building on fire, and looting businesses, authorities said. After lighting a Sprint store on fire, Rupert said, “I lit it on fire.” And before entering a nearby Office Depot, he stated, “I’m going in to get [expletives].” The next day, Rupert …