Trial set in June for girl charged with setting MCCTC fire


March 12, 2008 at 9:39p.m.

Trial set in June for girl charged with setting MCCTC fire

YOUNGSTOWN — An 18-year-old Salem woman is set to stand trial at 9 a.m. June 16 in Mahoning County Juvenile Court on two counts of aggravated arson for allegedly setting the fire that caused $14 million in damage May 4 at the Mahoning County Career and Technical Center in Canfield.

Pamela Schindler appeared for a hearing today in the Martin P. Joyce Juvenile Justice Center before Magistrate Richard White with her attorney, Gus Theofilos.

Theofilos and Kerry Limbian, an assistant prosecutor with the juvenile court, discussed the witness list each side plans to submit to the court and the sharing of evidence, such as a report from the Ohio State Fire Marshall’s Office that Theofilos said he does not have.

White scheduled another hearing for 1:30 p.m. April 21 and ordered that Schindler remain in the custody of her parents in Salem.

If convicted on the two aggravated arson charges, Limbian said Schindler could be put in a state juvenile facility until she turns 21.

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