Tuesday, February 08, 2000
Stay out of Ludlow, suspect told
Firefighter posts bail in arson case
BY JANE PRENDERGAST
The Cincinnati Enquirer
COVINGTON — A volunteer fireman accused of setting a fire in Ludlow has been ordered to stay out of the city.
Robert Collins, 20, was released from the Kenton County Jail shortly after his court appearance Monday morning. His family came up with $50,000 worth of property to use for his bond.
Mr. Collins pleaded not guilty to the arson charge. Kenton District Judge Frank Trusty ordered him to stay out of Ludlow.
Investigators still are looking into any possible connection with a fire on Oak Street and three other fires in the city in the past six weeks. One of those, on Wednesday, destroyed one Linden Street house and damaged two others.
“When you have something like this,” said Assistant Police Chief Benny Johnson, “you look into everything that might be connected.”
Mr. Collins was arrested Friday afternoon after fleeing from an interview session with a prosecutor. He was caught in Covington. He allegedly set the fire in a vacant Oak Street house owned by Ronald and Grace Jones, operators of the Ronald B. Jones Funeral Home in Ludlow.
If convicted, Mr. Collins could go to prison for five to 10 years.
No one has been hurt in any of the fires. All have burned in vacant houses.
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