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Northern Ky. teen given 25 years in firebombing

Published

on January 7, 2009

. Tags: firebombing, Judge Martin Sheehan, Justin Stahl, second-degree arson, wanton endangerment.

The Associated Press

COVINGTON, Ky. — A judge in Covington has sentenced a Walton teenager to 25 years in prison in the firebombing of a home.

Justin Stahl - who is 19 - was given 20 years on a second-degree arson charge and another five years on a wanton endangerment charge on Tuesday. Stahl had entered guilty pleas to the amended charges in the 2007 crime in the town of Independence.

The Kentucky Enquirer reported Kenton Circuit Judge Martin Sheehan ordered consecutive sentences.

Charges are pending against a juvenile in the case in which a Molotov cocktail was thrown into the house where a 13-year-old girl was present. She escaped injury.

Information from the Kentucky Enquirer: http://www.enquirer.com

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Ashlee Clark is the Richmond bureau reporter for the Herald-Leader. She has covered general assignments in Madison, Clark, Estill, Powell and Montgomery counties since she joined the newspaper in September 2007. Ashlee, a Louisville native, is a graduate of Western Kentucky University, where she received degrees in journalism and sociology.

Shawntaye Hopkins is the Herald-Leader’s police reporter, covering local law enforcement, fire and EMS and breaking news. She joined the staff in September 2006 as the newspaper’s night police reporter. Shawntaye, a Louisville native, graduated from Western Kentucky University where she studied journalism and criminology. Shawntaye resides in Lexington.

Delano Massey is the Herald-Leader’s Regional Editor. He works closely with the paper’s bureau reporters and police and courts reporters to plan coverage, pursue breaking news and seek out enterprise stories. A Northeast Ohio native, Delano started his journalism career as a night cops reporter at the Belleville News-Democrat. In 2003, he made the trek to Lexington to take the reins as the newspaper’s daytime cops reporter. Delano, a graduate of the University of Akron, has won numerous awards for breaking news, spot news and investigative journalism.

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