HINTON, W.Va. -- A May 22 trial is set for a man accused of setting fires that destroyed a row of apartment buildings and a house in Hinton.
HINTON, W.Va. -- A May 22 trial is set for a man accused of setting fires that destroyed a row of apartment buildings and a house in Hinton.
Billy Joe Gill of Hinton is charged with two counts of first-degree arson and two counts of attempted murder.
Summers County Prosecutor Amy Mann told The Register-Herald that Circuit Judge Robert Irons denied a defense request last week for a change of venue.
However, Mann said the case could be moved to Monroe County if a jury can't be seated in Summers County. Both counties are part of the 31st Judicial Circuit.
Gill, 25, is accused of setting a fire at a two-story house on Feb. 26. A second fire about 30 minutes later leveled five downtown apartment buildings known as Brick Row.
HINTON, W.Va. -- A May 22 trial is set for a man accused of setting fires that destroyed a row of apartment buildings and a house in Hinton.
Billy Joe Gill of Hinton is charged with two counts of first-degree arson and two counts of attempted murder.
Summers County Prosecutor Amy Mann told The Register-Herald that Circuit Judge Robert Irons denied a defense request last week for a change of venue.
However, Mann said the case could be moved to Monroe County if a jury can't be seated in Summers County. Both counties are part of the 31st Judicial Circuit.
Gill, 25, is accused of setting a fire at a two-story house on Feb. 26. A second fire about 30 minutes later leveled five downtown apartment buildings known as Brick Row.
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