Gerald Singer, 74, was convicted of arson and fraud relating to a series of fires -- from the mid-1990s until 2007 -- at homes and other buildings that he owned.
Singer was sentenced in federal court to a mandatory 55 years in prison and ordered to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in restitution, according to local media reports.
Among the victims of the fires at Singer's properties was the family of Delaina Peters. Michigan news website MLive.com reports that her three young children and a babysitter were in the house at the time of the fire, and that Peters and her husband arrived home to the traumatic sight of firefighters battling the flames at their dwelling.
Among the victims of the fires at Singer's properties was the family of Delaina Peters. Michigan news website MLive.com reports that her three young children and a babysitter were in the house at the time of the fire, and that Peters and her husband arrived home to the traumatic sight of firefighters battling the flames at their dwelling.
"For 16 years we've struggled because of what that one day did for our family," she told the news site. "You never recover. ... Hopefully I can sleep knowing that he's going to be locked up." More
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