Auburn man admits to setting fire to boarding house in 2018
Justin Knight said he didn t know why he burned the building that was occupied at the time.
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AUBURN A local man admitted Wednesday to setting fire in 2018 to a boarding house from which tenants were forced to flee.
A judge scheduled that sentencing for a later date.
Justin Knight
Androscoggin County Jail photo
Assistant District Attorney Andrew Matulis told the judge a police officer responded to a dispatched call to 63 Academy St. where he found the porch of the boarding house fully engulfed in flames and tenants fleeing the burning building.
By Christopher Williams, Staff Writer
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AUBURN An Auburn man has been charged with arson and attempted arson after a blaze destroyed a historic three-story home at 63 Academy St. early Sunday morning.
Justin Knight, 33, of 138 Spring St. was arrested at the Androscoggin County Jail and charged with two counts of arson and two counts of attempted arson. According to jail records, all charges are Class A felonies, which are punishable by up to 30 years in prison.
Police arrested Knight on Sunday morning at a nearby residence on an unrelated misdemeanor domestic violence charge. The additional charges came after an investigation into the fire.
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