Vagrant charged with manslaughter
KPRC-2 reports that a vagrant has been charged with manslaughter related to the death of a fireman:
A homeless crack addict who reportedly told authorities he accidentally started a fire in an abandoned house that killed a Houston firefighter was charged Thursday with manslaughter.
Prosecutors decided not to charge 44-year-old Jack Cordua with murder because the Feb. 19 death of Houston Fire Department Capt. Grady Burke was unintentional, said Roy Paul, the department's chief arson investigator.
Cordua had already been charged with possession of cocaine.
Unlike the Chronicle's earlier reporting, KPRC did not add that the man has never been involved in the Cordua family restaurants.
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Posted by Kevin Whited @ 03/17/05 10:08 PM | Print | Comments (0)
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