Saturday, December 14, 2013
Associated Press
CLEVELAND
A former drug dealer has been found guilty at his retrial in the arson deaths of a woman and eight children during a Cleveland birthday sleepover — the city’s deadliest house fire.
A federal court jury returned the verdict Friday against 30-year-old Antun Lewis.
Lewis was convicted at his first trial in the 2005 fire. The conviction was overturned based on a defense complaint about unreliable jailhouse informants.
The fire killed 33-year-old Medeia Carter, four of her children and four other youngsters.