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布羅克頓—— 普利茅斯縣地方檢察官蒂莫西·克魯茲（Timothy J. Cruz）宣佈，兩人已對他們放火燒毀漢森一家廢棄餐廳的指控表示認罪。
昨天晚些時候，63歲的派翠夏·哈裡森（Patricia Harrison）和52歲的韋恩·卡明斯（Wayne Cummings）都在普利茅斯高等法院承認了一項燒毀建築物的罪名。法官梅納德·基爾帕拉尼（Maynard Kirpalani）判處兩人緩刑兩年。
On July 6, 2018 at approximately 2:54 pm, Hanson Fire Department received a report of a fire at JJ’s Pub, an abandoned commercial property at 16 Liberty Street. Upon arrival, firefighters discovered the interior of the structure to be fully engulfed in fire. The blaze required a third alarm response, and took some time to extinguish due to the full involvement of the structure. Two Hanson firefighters sustained heat exhaustion injuries battling the blaze, and the building was deemed a total loss as a result of this fire.
馬薩諸塞州員警火災和爆炸調查科以及漢森員警和消防局確定原因被裁定為燃燒，並開始調查。調查的結果是，漢森警方獲得了一份刑事訴訟，指控伯恩79歲的阿爾弗雷德·C·魯索（Alfred C. Russo）犯有一項燒毀住宅罪和兩項縱火罪，導致消防員受傷。Russo 於 1969 年至 1995 年擔任波士頓消防局的成員，當時他作為分配到海軍陸戰隊的消防員退休。
調查人員確定哈裡森是被遺棄財產的擁有者，卡明斯是哈裡森的熟人。調查發現，哈裡森和卡明斯一起尋求援助或魯索放火燒毀酒吧。火災發生當天，卡明斯向魯索提供了餐廳的鑰匙，以及一個噴燈。Russo進入酒吧，拖著一個橡膠輪胎進入酒吧，並將點燃的噴燈放在輪胎中間。火災發生后的第二天，哈裡森向她的提供者提出了 415,000 美元的保險索賠。
Russo定於4月11日就這些指控進行審判。
Assistant District Attorney Alex Zane prosecuted the case, which was investigated by Hanson Police, Hanson Fire, and the Massachusetts State Police Fire and Explosion Investigation Section.