Jury deliberates in retrial of Akron man accused of setting fire that killed 2 people
This is the second jury to hear the case after the first panel could not reach a decision in October.
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This is the second jury to hear the case after the first panel could not reach a decision in October.
Leon "Nitty" Newsome, 39, is accused of setting a couch on fire on Oct. 25, 2022, that spread to engulf the Carpenter Street home.
Leon Newsome will be tried again for an Akron fire that killed a sleeping couple. His second trial will be in February.
A jury could not reach a decision in the case of an Akron man accused of starting a fire that killed a couple in a North Hill house fire last October.
Witnesses testified Leon Newsome threatened to "kill everyone" before a fatal fire started in a North Hill home.