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U.S. NEWS Wednesday 24 May 2017

Neighbor charged in Ohio

fire that killed 5 kids, 2 adults

DAKE KANG between Ford and the 5-year-old Kylle Huggins,
Associated Press family other than they were 3-year-old Alivia Huggins
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — A neighbors. and 11-month-old Camer-
neighbor of a family that Tiffney Gary, 38, a neigh- on Huggins.
died in a house fire was bor, said she saw Ford at a A medical examiner said all
charged Tuesday with in- vigil for the family Saturday. seven died of smoke inha-
tentionally setting it ablaze, She described him as qui- lation.
killing two adults and five et and said she couldn’t “My heart is broken, I’m
children. believe Ford might have sad, but I think we’re on a A balloon memorial sits outside the burnt home of a family that
Stanley Ford, 58, was set the fire. “I don’t under- road to some closure,” said died in a fire in Akron, Ohio on Tuesday, May 23, 2017. Officials
have arrested a man suspected of intentionally setting the fire.
charged with aggravated stand; nobody said they Tony Huggins, brother of Associated Press
murder and arson, Akron had a beef or anything, or Dennis Huggins.
police said. that they’ve ever argued He said he had never met “Just by talking to him, he street in a neighborhood of
Investigators would not dis- with him,” Gary said. Ford and didn’t think any- seemed like a straight-up mostly two-story clapboard
cuss a possible motive be- Authorities last week one in his family knew Ford. gentlemen. Some people houses in Akron, about 30
cause they still are investi- searched several hous- Ford is due to be arraigned can fool you, I guess,” miles (48 kilometers) south
gating the May 15 fire. They es near the fire-ravaged Wednesday. Court records Clegg said. of Cleveland.
also would not say what home. did not show any previous Firefighters found the two- The fire happened a block
led them to arrest Ford on Killed were 35-year-old criminal convictions in Ak- story home engulfed in from a home where a man
Tuesday. A message seek- Dennis Huggins, his part- ron. flames when they arrived and a woman died in an
ing comment was left at his ner, 38-year-old Angela Paul Clegg, 59, a next-door in the early morning hours April 2016 fire that was in-
home. Boggs, and five children: neighbor of the family, said last week. The house sat vestigated as a potential
Police said they did not 14-year-old Jered Boggs, he spoke a few times with at the top of a winding arson. q
know of any connection 6-year-old Daisia Huggins, Ford.
Acquitted Tulsa cop who killed

unarmed man returns to work

JUSTIN JUOZAPAVICIUS her. She wouldn’t elabo-
Associated Press rate or give more specific
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A details about Shelby’s new
white Oklahoma police of- role due to safety con-
ficer who was acquitted cerns.
of manslaughter after fa- McMurray said Shelby is in
tally shooting an unarmed good spirits and is “pleased
black man is back on the with the community’s qui-
force working “a desk job,” etness” in response to her
her attorney said Tuesday. acquittal last Wednesday.
Tulsa officer Betty Jo Shelby “She’s ready to heal, and
returned to work Monday, she’s wanting everyone to
three days after the police heal,” McMurray said Tues- In this May 17, 2017, file pho-
chief decided she could day. to, Betty Shelby leaves the
come back but couldn’t About 100 protesters gath- courtroom with her husband,
work street patrol. Shelby ered outside the court- Dave Shelby, right, after the
jury in her case began delib-
had been on unpaid leave house plaza after the ver- erations in Tulsa, Okla.
since being charged Sept. dict was in. They marched Associated Press
22 in the death of 40-year- downtown and briefly
old Terence Crutcher six blocked a street, but the lawsuit.
days earlier. rallies were mostly peace- One of the family’s attor-
Her attorney, Shannon Mc- ful. The next day, black neys, Damario Solomon-
Murray, said Shelby’s new community leaders rallied Simmons, declined to com-
role is “administrative” and at a north Tulsa church and ment on Shelby’s return to
“organizational” in nature, attorneys for the Crutch- work. A police spokesman
and that the department is er family said they would didn’t reply to a message
providing extra security for soon file a wrongful death seeking comment.q