'Bored' PA Volunteer Firefighter Pleads Guilty to Arsons
By Tom Davidson
Source The Tribune-Review
A volunteer firefighter who told police he set two porches on fire in December 2018 in Munhall because he was bored pleaded guilty Monday in Allegheny County Court to arson charges.
There is no agreement as to what sentence Judge Randal Todd may impose when Ryan Laubham is sentenced Nov. 14.
Laubham’s attorney, Casey White, declined comment until after sentencing.
Laubham, 19, of Munhall, is accused of setting a fire on a front porch Dec. 10, 2018, at 134 Crawford Ave.
As authorities were responding to that fire they were told about a similar fire that was set Dec. 3 at 148 Crawford Ave. Fire officials ruled both fires to be arson after reviewing surveillance camera footage in the area, then identified Laubham as being a suspect.
Laubham initially told police he was playing video games when the fires were set, but when police told him about the video evidence, he admitted to setting the fires because he was bored.
He pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated arson, two counts of arson endangering people and one county of arson endangering first responders, according to the DA’s office.
Laubham was a volunteer with Munhall’s No. 4 volunteer fire company.
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