FC man sentenced to nine years in prison for burning his parents’ house in 2017

By John Estridge A Franklin County man, who confessed to arson three years after the fire occurred, was sentenced to nine years in prison with three years suspended to probation during a sentencing hearing Wednesday, October 28. Richard S. Ruble, 44, pleaded guilty to Arson, as a Level 4 Felony, during his initial hearing Thursday, …

Franklin County man pleads guilty to setting his parents’ house on fire in March 2017

By John Estridge A Franklin County man allegedly confessed to a State Fire Marshal that he set fire to his parents’ house in 2017. Richard S. Ruble, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of Arson as a Level 4 Felony, at his initial hearing in Franklin Circuit Court before Judge J. Steven Cox on Thursday, …