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A man who pleaded guilty last week at Waldo County Superior Court to setting his former girlfriend’s mobile home on fire in Unity will spend six months in jail for arson.
Addison Duong, 21, of Waterville admitted to police in January that he had been upset over the couple’s relationship problems when he set the fire on Dec. 28.
Deputy Jordan Tozier of the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office investigated the incident and interviewed Duong, who had lived in the Landry Lane home with the woman and their children. No one was home when he set the fire. Duong initially told Tozier that he hadn’t been involved, “however, his body language and demeanor was telling me otherwise,” the deputy wrote in an investigation narrative filed at court.
“Duong finally admitted he had lit a candle and placed it under a curtain,” Tozier wrote. “Duong reported he was extremely angry at the time because his girlfriend had left him and he was looking for her.”
After Duong placed the candle under the curtain, he left the home, which was completely destroyed in the ensuing blaze. More than two dozen firefighters worked for several hours to put the fire out, according to the BDN archives.
Duong was sentenced on March 26 to spend four years in prison with all but six months suspended, according to court documents. He also must pay $7,121 in restitution and spend three years on probation after he is released.
His probation conditions include submitting to random search and testing for incendiary devices and submitting to substance abuse, psychological and anger management counseling. He is prohibited from having contact with his girlfriend or the owners of the home, and he is forbidden from possessing incendiary devices.
A man who pleaded guilty last week at Waldo County Superior Court to setting his former girlfriend’s mobile home on fire in Unity will spend six months in jail for arson.
Addison Duong, 21, of Waterville admitted to police in January that he had been upset over the couple’s relationship problems when he set the fire on Dec. 28.
Deputy Jordan Tozier of the Waldo County Sheriff’s Office investigated the incident and interviewed Duong, who had lived in the Landry Lane home with the woman and their children. No one was home when he set the fire. Duong initially told Tozier that he hadn’t been involved, “however, his body language and demeanor was telling me otherwise,” the deputy wrote in an investigation narrative filed at court.
“Duong finally admitted he had lit a candle and placed it under a curtain,” Tozier wrote. “Duong reported he was extremely angry at the time because his girlfriend had left him and he was looking for her.”
After Duong placed the candle under the curtain, he left the home, which was completely destroyed in the ensuing blaze. More than two dozen firefighters worked for several hours to put the fire out, according to the BDN archives.
Duong was sentenced on March 26 to spend four years in prison with all but six months suspended, according to court documents. He also must pay $7,121 in restitution and spend three years on probation after he is released.
His probation conditions include submitting to random search and testing for incendiary devices and submitting to substance abuse, psychological and anger management counseling. He is prohibited from having contact with his girlfriend or the owners of the home, and he is forbidden from possessing incendiary devices.