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Cops: Man who set fire wanted to be a hero

A young Lawrence volunteer firefighter who wanted to be a hero used an accelerant to set a fire in a building near his home in which a mother and three of her children perished last month, authorities said Saturday.

Caleb Lacey, 19, of 212 Mill St., the son of a minister, was arrested Friday night and ordered held without bail on charges of first-degree arson and four counts of second-degree...

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