Dayton woman gets probation for setting fire to tent with man inside

Montgomery County Common Pleas Courtroom. JIM NOELKER/STAFF FILE

Credit: JIM NOELKER

Credit: JIM NOELKER

Montgomery County Common Pleas Courtroom. JIM NOELKER/STAFF FILE

A 40-year-old Dayton woman who intentionally set fire to a tent in November while a man was inside was sentenced to probation.

Tammy Marie Taylor was sentenced Wednesday by Montgomery County Common Pleas Judge Mary Wiseman to up to five years of community control sanctions with intensive supervision after she pleaded guilty April 17 to aggravated arson.

Tammy Taylor

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Credit: Montgomery County Jail

Taylor was accused of burning down a homeless man’s tent Nov. 8, 2023, while he we was inside at East Fifth Street near North Keowee Street in Dayton.

The man was not injured, said Capt. Brad French of the Dayton Fire Department.

“Dayton Fire Department investigators determined the fire to be incendiary and aggravated arson,” an affidavit filed in Dayton Municipal Court stated.

Taylor also must register as an arson offender, according to plea documents. Ohio law requires people convicted of arson, aggravated arson and related arson offenses to register annually for life with the sheriff’s office of the county in which they live.

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