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Suspect charged with arson in Avalon blast

By Fred Sherwin The Orléans Star

A 35-year-old man faces multiple charges in connection with a gas explosion that damaged more than two dozen houses and injured 12 people in Avalon last month.

Kody Troy Crosby was arraigned on Mar. 2 and charged with a dozen different offences, including four counts of criminal negligence causing bodily harm, arson causing bodily harm and arson with disregard for life.

The explosion happened at 6:47 a.m. on Feb. 13, razing four homes that were under construction and damaging many more in the area. Two workers who were rescued from the rubble received serious injuries and 10 other people, including two children, were treated for minor injuries.

Many of those injured were treated for minor cuts caused from flying glass when their windows were blown out or from falling debris in their own homes.

According to multiple reports, a man with Crosby’s name and age was previously charged with breaking on entering construction sites on two other occasions.

The records show that a Kody Crosby was charged in 2029 with 19 different offences relating to more than a dozen break-ins over a two-and-a-half-month period. Among the charges were multiple counts of break and enter, possession of burglary tools, breaching his recognizance and breaching probation.

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