- Posted December 08, 2014
- Tweet This | Share on Facebook
Seven year sentence for fire that injured firefighter
DETROIT (AP) - A Detroit man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a fire that paralyzed a firefighter.
Calvin Jones got the punishment last Thursday in Ann Arbor federal court. He struck a plea deal in August, months after an appeals court found problems with Jones' trial and threw out his conviction and 15-year sentence.
Firefighter Brendan Milewski was paralyzed while trying to extinguish the fire at a commercial building in Detroit in 2010. Many other firefighters were injured.
Jones says he filled plastic bottles with gasoline for a co-defendant, Samson Wright.
Wright's 15-year sentence was also thrown out by the appeals court. He could go to trial next year.
The seven-year sentence was the recommendation of prosecutors and Jones' attorney.
Published: Mon, Dec 08, 2014
headlines Oakland County
- Whitmer signs gun violence prevention legislation
- Department of Attorney General conducts statewide warrant sweep, arrests 9
- Adoptive families across Michigan recognized during Adoption Day and Month
- Reproductive Health Act signed into law
- Case study: Documentary highlights history of courts in the Eastern District
headlines National
- Judge is accused of using racial slur, vulgar terms and ‘libtard’ label for employee offended by his comments
- ACLU and BigLaw firm use ‘Orange is the New Black’ in hashtag effort to promote NY jail reform
- Colorado Supreme Court considers whether habeas petition can free zoo elephants
- 4th Circuit upholds $1M sanction for law firm that tried to ‘sabotage’ federal court’s authority
- Don’t give money to law schools unless they teach originalism, conservative federal appeals judge says
- Average BigLaw partner compensation increased 26% in 2 years, reaching this high-water mark
