A man who pleaded guilty but mentally ill to charges related to a fire in January of last year was sentenced yesterday in Indiana County Court.
Indiana County Judge Michael T. Clark ordered 58-year-old Troy Kromer of Punxsutawney was ordered to serve no more than a day less than two years in jail for each of two counts of arson along with criminal mischief and one count of dangerous burning. He will also serve up to four years of probation. No penalty was imposed for a second dangerous burning count. State police accused him of setting a fire that destroyed a home on Smith Road in North Mahoning Township. When fire marshals determined the fire was intentionally set, an investigation lead police to Kromer who reportedly told his family he did it and said he had “five more houses to burn”. When police confronted him about the blaze, he said he burned the house down because of “dragons” and that God told him to do it.
