Suspect in Ohio house fire that killed 7 due in court
Posted May 23, 2017 7:00 am
AKRON, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio man accused of starting a house fire that killed seven of his neighbors is due in court.
Stanley Ford is scheduled to be arraigned on Wednesday in Akron on aggravated murder and arson charges.
Police arrested the 58-year-old Ford on Tuesday. He's accused of setting the fire on May 15 that killed two adults and five children.
Investigators aren't discussing a possible motive or what led them to Ford.
A message seeking comment was left at his home and court records don't indicate whether he has an attorney.
One of his neighbors says she saw Ford at a vigil for the family on Saturday.
Tiffney Gary says she never saw him arguing with the family who died.
Another neighbor says Ford "seemed like a straight-up gentlemen."
This undated photo released by the Akron Police Department on Tuesday, May 23, 2017 shows Stanley Ford. Investigators in Ohio have charged Ford with setting a house fire that killed two adults and five children last week. Akron police say they charged Ford with aggravated murder and arson on Tuesday. ( Akron Police Department via AP)
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A balloon memorial sits outside the burnt home of a family that died in a fire in Akron, Ohio on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Officials have arrested a man suspected of intentionally setting the fire. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
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