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Three people have been charged with a fourth-degree felony after a series of fires at a homeless camp in the Flats. Arson investigators from the Cleveland Fire Department arrested the suspects on Friday night.

24-year-old Izill Sims, 31-year-old Judith Weihrouch and 42-year-old Joseph Corbett appeared in court on Monday. A Cleveland Municipal Court spokesman said bond was set at $5,000 each and the case was bound over to Cuyahoga County. A motive for the arson fires was unclear.

“Nobody deserves that,” said Anita Branan from the Malachi Center that helps the homeless on West 25th Street. “I don’t care where you live – whether you’re living in a tin or living in a mansion – nobody deserves to be burned out and to lose everything they have.”

Volunteers at the Malachi Center spend their days working with those in need and they took it personally when the fires were set at the so-called camp, which is similar to a tent city.

“They do have some belongings and sometimes they have sentimental belongings that mean very, just like you and I have something that means a lot to us,” said Branan.

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source: Fox8Cleveland.com

LOCAL NEWS: ‘Nobody Deserves To Be Burned Out’: New Details on Homeless Camp Arson  was originally published on praisecleveland.com