A 33-year-old Ohio lady was sentenced to 10 to fifteen years in jail for setting hearth to an residence constructing that killed a resident’s cat in Akron.
In November 2024, the Summit County Sheriff’s Workplace responded to reviews of a hearth on South Turkeyfoot Highway, in keeping with our CBS information affiliate, WOIO.
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When the primary deputy arrived on the scene, he discovered the primary ground of an residence constructing in flames, instantly looking out the remaining items to verify everybody had evacuated.
The Coventry Township Hearth Division arrived shortly after and extinguished the blaze.
No accidents have been reported; a resident’s cat named Lily died within the hearth.
The resident who referred to as 911 reported that he had been in a verbal altercation with an acquaintance, recognized as Courtney Cooney, earlier within the day.
He informed deputies that she returned to the residence constructing after their argument, yelling that she had set hearth to one of many downstairs flats and warned him to evacuate.
Cooney took off from the constructing earlier than regulation enforcement may arrive. Deputies situated burned clothes on the scene that they believed to be Cooney’s.
Deputies later discovered Cooney and arrested her within the driveway of a residence off of Flynn Avenue.
Cooney admitted to officers that she had an argument with the 911 caller after which left his residence.
She stated she had kicked out an air-conditioning unit to realize entry to one of many floor stage flats.
As soon as inside, she informed officers that she poured gasoline on a sofa and set it on hearth.
Officers stated Cooney additionally tried to set a chunk of clothes on hearth and place it within the 911 caller’s automobile gasoline tank.
She pleaded responsible to the next costs in December:
One rely of Aggravated Arson – a Felony of the first Diploma;
One rely of Aggravated Arson – a Felony of the 2nd Diploma;
One rely of Housebreaking – a Felony of the 2nd Diploma;
One rely of Cruelty to Companion Animals – a Felony of the fifth Diploma; and
One rely of Legal Damaging or Endangering – a Misdemeanor of the 2nd Diploma.
“Courtney Cooney’s egocentric rage and spite led her to displace harmless residents of an residence constructing and trigger the loss of life of a beloved pet,” stated Prosecutor Kolkovich.
Cooney may even be positioned on the Ohio Arson Registry and can be required to register together with her native county sheriff’s workplace every year for the remainder of her life, when she is launched from jail.
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