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Paris man gets 25 years for arson

By Scott Harvey

Paris – A Paris resident receives a 25-year prison term after pleading guilty to several counts of arson.

23-year-old Roger Lee Robinson admitted to burning down a number of buildings, including the abandoned Cherry Street Manor nursing home.

One Paris firefighter received second degree burns to his ears, face and back while another received minor burns and a badly cut hand fighting the blaze.