Ex-firefighter pleads guilty to arson charge

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A former Ellicott City volunteer firefighter pleaded guilty Wednesday in Howard County Circuit Court to setting a neighbor?s shed on fire in August.

Joseph Schroen, 21, was sentenced to 18 months in the Howard County Detention Center and ordered to undergo a psychological evaluation by Judge Dennis Sweeney.

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