HUTCHINSON, Kan. — A 25-year-old man suspected of setting a pair of fires back on May 28, 2014, in Reno County was scheduled for a preliminary hearing Thursday, but waived that hearing and entered a plea to count one, while the state dropped count two.
Dustin Gordon entered a “guilty” plea to arson for setting fire to a two-story home and a trailer home that was used for storage.
The fires occurred on East Blanchard south of the intersection of K-61 and U.S. 50, on the southeast side of Hutchinson. When units arrived, they found a fully-involved two-story house and also a second fire in a mobile home one-eighth mile east of the house that was fully involved as well. Both houses were vacant and had been for some time.
With the conviction, sentencing will occur on April 8 in front of Judge Trish Rose.
Gordon is currently serving prison time for convictions in Saline County for two counts of aggravated arson and one count of arson for a case on July 4, 2014.