NEW ORLEANS — An Avondale man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for trying to set fire to a home in an attempt to collect a drug debt.
U.S. District Judge Jane Triche-Milazzo also on Thursday sentenced Cedric Kelly, 21, to four years of supervised release after his prison term.
Kelly pleaded guilty in January to arson and drug charges. Prosecutors said the victim’s video surveillance system showed Kelly using a gas-soaked towel to set fire to the home on March 2, 2011.
Nobody was injured in the fire.
Prosecutors said Kelly was trying to collect a $7,000 debt that the homeowner’s son owed for crack cocaine.
