Seven year sentence for fire that injured firefighter

DETROIT (AP) - A Detroit man has been sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in a fire that paralyzed a firefighter. Calvin Jones got the punishment last Thursday in Ann Arbor federal court. He struck a plea deal in August, months after an appeals court found problems with Jones' trial and threw out his conviction and 15-year sentence. Firefighter Brendan Milewski was paralyzed while trying to extinguish the fire at a commercial building in Detroit in 2010. Many other firefighters were injured. Jones says he filled plastic bottles with gasoline for a co-defendant, Samson Wright. Wright's 15-year sentence was also thrown out by the appeals court. He could go to trial next year. The seven-year sentence was the recommendation of prosecutors and Jones' attorney. Published: Mon, Dec 08, 2014