Carter was also found to be an arson offender, and will have to register with the local sheriff’s office yearly for the rest of his life.
As part of the agreement, two indicted charges of aggravated arson and one of aggravated menacing have been dismissed.
He is scheduled to be sentenced Sept. 5.
The charges stem from July 13, when the Dayton Fire Department responded twice to a duplex in the 200 block of Xenia Avenue, first at 3:46 p.m. then again at 5:56 p.m. for separate fires in the house, according to Dayton Fire Capt. Brad French.
French said that firefighters remained on scene for an hour and a half after the first call and an hour and 20 minutes after the second call.
Both fires were inside the two-story home, and investigators determined they were set intentionally. No injuries were reported as a result of either fire, French said.
A criminal complaint filed in Dayton Municipal Court alleged that Carter “did by means of fire or explosion, knowingly cause physical harm to an occupied structure.”
Carter was arrested outside the scene of the fires, French said. He lives on Xenia Avenue a block away from the home that was set on fire.
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