BALTIMORE — A man has been charged with arson in connection with a 2022 fire on Stricker Street that killed three Baltimore firefighters, WBAL-TV 11 News has learned.
James Edwin Barnett, 57, of Baltimore, was arrested Friday and charged with second-degree arson, second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter and reckless endangerment, according to online court records.
The charges come three years after a rowhome collapsed in a fire and killed three firefighters Baltimore City Fire Department Lts. Kelsey Sadler and Paul Butrim and Firefighter\EMT Kenny Lacayo. Another firefighter, John John McMaster, suffered extensive injuries.
