A man accused of deliberately setting a fire at a Kettering home has entered a plea.
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Nicholas Flowers, 35, pleaded guilty Wednesday to a misdemeanor count of burglary by information in Montgomery County Common Pleas Court, according to court records.
As part of his plea, two charges of aggravated arson were dismissed.
News center 7 previously reported that Kettering firefighters responded to the 2100 block of E. Bataan Drive on July 3 after reports of a house fire.
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Flowers is accused of starting a fire in the basement of the home while two people were sleeping in the home, according to an affidavit and statement of facts.
Kettering police were contacted later that morning by Electronic Home Detention, who told them where Flowers was based on the location of his ankle monitor. Officer Cynthia James, public information officer for the Kettering Police Department, told News Center 7.
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Police then went to an address on S. Smithville Road in Dayton, where Flowers “ultimately left the home on officers’ orders and was taken into custody.” He was taken to hospital for a mental examination.
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Flowers will be sentenced on Nov. 20, according to court documents.
He faces a prison sentence of up to twelve years and is prohibited from having contact with the two men who were in the house at the time of the fire.
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