Cash Strapped Fort Wayne Man Gets 8 Years For Torching Home In Foreclosure

In Fort Wayne, Indiana, the The Journal Gazette reports:

• Setting his house on fire in an attempt to prevent foreclosure led Tuesday to an eight-year prison sentence for a 36-year-old Fort Wayne man. Kevin J. Griffin, of the 500 block of Dayton Avenue, pleaded guilty to arson in October, admitting setting fire to his home in April.

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• Days [after the torching], Griffin's wife said that when she called their mortgage company after the fire to check on the insurance, she found out the house was in foreclosure because no mortgage payments had been made for 20 months. Griffin was in charge of paying the bills and never told her about being behind on the payments, according to court documents.

For more, see Foreclosure prompts arson, divorce, sentence.

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