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MAN PLEADS NO CONTEST IN CONNECTION WITH FATAL MOBILE HOME FIRE

(Preble County, OH)--The man who is charged with setting a deadly mobile home fire on New Paris Pike near the state line last September has pled no contest.  24-year-old Anthony Luker appeared Tuesday in Preble County Common Pleas Court.  He entered the no contest plea on a reckless homicide charge.  It means Luker is waiving a jury trial and will have three other felony charges dismissed.  Kenneth Doolin died in the fire late last summer.  Luker now faces a maximum three-year prison term when he’s sentenced in two weeks.