Overview
- Justin Reeves pleaded guilty and was sentenced Wednesday to 63 months in federal prison followed by five years of supervised release for malicious destruction of property by fire.
- Federal prosecutors tied Reeves to three deliberate fires in May 2025: a blaze at a Keswick Road home on May 10, a second fire at the same house on May 14, and a fire at a West 37th Street home on May 25 when an occupant slept upstairs.
- Investigators used surveillance footage, cellphone location records, an anonymous 911 tip, and internet content recovered from Reeves’ phone to link him to the three incidents.
- Reeves was arrested on May 28, 2025, and his lawyer told the court substance use disorder drove his client’s actions while asking for treatment and vocational training as part of rehabilitation.
- The three fires are tied to a wider wave of incendiary incidents from October 2024 through May 2025 that damaged at least nine properties and led to demolitions, though reporting says Reeves was implicated in only these three cases.