Middletown, NY – An Orange County Man has pleaded guilty to arson for a fire he set at his girlfriend’s home in Middletown last May.
According to Orange County District Attorney David M. Hoovler, Larry Hickmon, 30, was sentenced to eighteen years in state prison and five years post-release supervision in connection with a fire at an apartment complex located on Concord Lane in Middletown, on May 17, 2021.
Hickmon had pleaded guilty to Arson in the Second Degree on January 27, 2022.
“It was alleged that on May 17, 2021, Hickmon assaulted his girlfriend inside their apartment at an apartment complex on Concord Lane, in the City of Middletown,” the Orange County District Attorney said in a statement. “After the woman fled from the apartment, it was alleged that the defendant started a fire in the apartment, knowing that there were other residents in the apartment complex, including a number of children. No one was injured as a result of the fire, however, multiple families had their residences destroyed.”
Hickmon admitted setting the fire, and knowing at the time that he set the fire that there were other residents were in the apartment complex, court records show.
“This defendant’s selfish actions could easily have resulted in death or serious physical injury to residents of the apartment building, as well as to first responders,” said District Attorney David M. Hoovler. “The close to two decades that this defendant will be incarcerated reflects the utter disregard for human life and property that he exhibited. My office will continue to seek stiff state prison sentences for arsonists.”