Waterloo Man Guilty of First Degree Arson
Wed, 07 May 2008 20:31:43 CDT
A 36-YEAR OLD WATERLOO MAN WAS FOUND GUILTY BY A BLACK HAWK COUNTY DISTRICT COURT JURY WEDNESDAY OF FIRST DEGREE ARSON. PROSECUTORS SAY MARCUS COSBY HAD BEEN SMOKING CRACK COCAINE WITH PHYLLIS TODD AND ZINA DUFAUCHARD IN THEIR WELLINGTON STREET APARTMENT LAST NOVEMBER 8TH, AND THEN LEFT. LATER THAT MORNING, THE WOMEN AWOKE TO SMOKE, BUT COLLAPSED BEFORE THEY MADE IT OUTSIDE. POLICE FOUND COSBY OUTSIDE THE BUILDING WHEN ARRIVING TO THE FIRE. THEY LINKED HIM TO THE FIRE FROM TRACES OF FLAMMABLE LIQUID ON HIS HANDS AND CLOTHING. COSBY FACES UP TO 25 YEARS IN PRISON. A SENTENCING DATE HASN’T BEEN SET.
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