Summary

THE TWO SUSPECTS IN THE WORCESTER FIRE THAT KILLED SIX FIRE FIGHTERS ARE ARRAIGNED

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 176881
Story Slug Fire Suspects Arraigned
Location Worcester, Massachusetts
Format PKG
Date 01/06/2000
Archive Time 57:58
TRT 1:33
Supers Worcester, Massachusetts Michael Wilcox, Barnes' Attorney Lawrence Murphy, Prosecutor Edward Ryan, Levesque's Attorney Jack Harper, Reporting
Video Description SUSPECTS ENTERING COURTROOM ACCOMPANIED; MAN SOT SPEAKING TO JUDGE; FIRE AND FIREMEN FIGHTING IT; COURTROOM ACTIVITIES; MAN SOT SPEAKING TO JUDGE;
Description THE TWO SUSPECTS IN THE WORCESTER FIRE THAT KILLED SIX FIRE FIGHTERS ARE ARRAIGNED
Script LEAD: ONE MONTH AFTER THE INFERNO THAT KILLED SIX WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS FIRE FIGHTERS, A JUDGE LOWERED BAIL FOR THE HOMELESS COUPLE ACCUSED OF STARTING THE FIRE THOMAS LEVESQUE AND JULIE BARNES STILL MAY NOT BE ABLE TO AFFORD FREEDOM BUT THEIR ATTORNEYS MADE A PASSIONATE PLEA IN COURT TODAY, SAYING THE COUPLE COULD HAVE HAD NO IDEA THAT THEIR ACT WOULD CAUSE SUCH TRAGEDY JACK HARPER HAS MORE PKG SCRIPT: NO VERBATIM AVAILABLE STORY DETAILS BUT IT'S NOT LIKELY THAT THOMAS LEVESQUE AND JULIE BARNES WILL BE OUT OF JAIL ANYTIME SOON LEVESQUE'S BAIL IS SET AT 250-THOUSAND DOLLARS AND BARNES AT 75-THOUSAND DEFENSE LAWYERS ARGUED THEY HAD NOT STARTED THE FIRE ON PURPOSE AND HAD NO IDEA HOW TRAGIC THE CONSEQUENCES WOULD BE AT ONE POINT, THOMAS LEVESQUE HAD SAID HE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE FIRE BUT TODAY HIS LAWYER SAID WHAT HE REALLY MEANT WAS HE DIDN'T CARE ABOUT THE CLOTHES IN WHICH THE BLAZE BEGAN BUT PROSECUTORS SAY BY ACCIDENTALLY STARTING THE FIRE AND THEN NOT REPORTING IT, THE HOMELESS COUPLE CAUSED THE DEATHS OF 6 FIRE FIGHTERS NORTHEAS
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