TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Toledo’s police and fire chiefs say they aren’t second-guessing a sergeant’s slip during arson trial testimony that led to a mistrial.
A Lucas County judge declared the mistrial Thursday after the sergeant testified that suspect Ray Abou-Arab failed a polygraph exam, referencing information not typically admissible in court.
Abou-Arab then entered a plea to lesser charges and was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the deaths of two Toledo firefighters in 2014.
The Blade reports (https://bit.ly/2qb2hNj ) that Toledo fire chief Luis Santiago said Thursday that everyone is human.
Toledo police chief George Kral says testifying in court is stressful, especially in a case like that.
Abou-Arab was accused of setting the January 2014 fire to collect insurance money.
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Information from: The Blade, https://www.toledoblade.com/
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