Two men charged with first degree arson for a huge fire last week in Dekalb County appeared in court Monday. 19-year-old Kevin Brumley and 18-year-old Wesley Leverenz were charged last week with first-degree arson, a class-B felony. Monday they were arraigned.
Judge Jason Kanoy, an Associate Judge from Caldwell County has been assigned to the cases, after presiding judge R. Brent Elliott recused himself.
Judge Kanoy arraigned each suspect. They are both being held in lieu of 500-thousand dollars bond at the Daviess-DeKalb County Regional Jail in Pattonsburg.
Fire destroyed the Dekalb County Record Herald newspaper building on the courthouse square in Maysville Thursday morning.
Firefighters from 17 communities responded. Two occupants of the building escaped unharmed, but one firefighter was treated at the scene.
The fire was reported shortly before one am. It knocked out power in downtown Maysville for several hours, and the city's water system could not keep up with the demands of the pumper trucks. A "porta pond" was set up to provide additional water to the firefighters.
