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Arsonist Pleads Guilty After Apartment Explosion | Cincinnati News
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A 65-year-old man, Shawn Kidder, got six years in prison after pleading guilty to intentionally blowing up a four-family apartment building with a gas explosion — all to avoid eviction. The March 2025 blast injured four people, destroyed the building, and left victims still haunted by trauma. Kidder’s act of rage, fueled by unpaid rent, turned a personal crisis into a community disaster — and now he’ll also be forced to register as a lifelong arson offender.
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