Crime & Safety

Fairfield Arsonist Pleads Guilty

Christopher Message, 35, could face up to 10 years in prison.

 

A former Trumbull volunteer firefighter pled guilty on Friday to setting fires in Fairfield, Monroe and last year, The Connecticut Post reports.

Christopher Message, 35, was arrested by , r and for setting numerous fires in the three towns causing hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage. 

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According to The Post, the prosecutor will seek to send Message to jail for 10 years when he is sentenced in June. 


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