Milliard Found Not Guilty

The Ridgway man charged with 12 counts of arson, along with insurance fraud and related offenses, has been found not guilty.

The jury in the trial of 55-year-old Francis Anthony Milliard deliberated for two hours before issuing its verdict this afternoon.

Milliard had been charged in connection to a December 4, 2008, fire at a house in owned in Johnsonburg. He was arrested and jailed in July of last year.

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