Chicago (WLS) – The man who was accused of setting the WEF page -in which the captain of the Chicago fire brigade, David Meyer, appeared in front of a judge on Saturday.
The investigators said Charles Green began a garage on Wednesday in Austin's neighborhood, which lit a garage on Wednesday. This garage collapsed and killed captain Meyer.
A judge Cook County ordered that green stays in custody. In court, the prosecutors said that he was a convicted criminal who was a danger to the community.
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The firefighters in Chicago packed the courtroom on Saturday afternoon.
Green was charged with two murder cases and a number of serious arson
The firefighter's widow, who took part in the hearing, left the court without comment.
“They are separated,” said Patrick Cleary, President of the Chicago Firefighter's Union. “I mean, you have lost a father and a husband. It is understandable. It's terrible.”
On Friday, the Chicago police confirmed that Green, a 44-year-old inhabitant of Chicago in Austin, was taken into custody on Wednesday afternoon after the fire.
Firefighters were referred to as a fire in the 1200 block of the Pine Avenue on Wednesday at 4:03 a.m. The office for fire investigations said the fire started by someone who deliberately ignited the content of a garbage container.
During the hearing on Saturday, the prosecutors said that video film material has caught Green in an alley that connects his home of the West Potomac Avenue to the House of Brand at around 3:30 a.m.
Captain Meyer was among the firefighters who were called to fight the fire. The experienced fireman died after the garage roof collapsed and the fire inflamed again. He was taken to a regional hospital in which he later died.
The lawyer of the deputy state in the case did not give a motive for arson, but said to court that “the fire was naturally dangerous. It spreads quickly … but it can also be fatal as it was in this case.”
Illinois Compotroller Susana Mendoza and the 15th Ward Alderman Ray Lopez took part in the hearing to support the Meyer family.
You are separated … you lost a father and a husband. It is understandable. It is terrible.
Patrick Cleary, President of the Firefighter's Union in Chicago, Chicago
“The court system is not a system in itself. It has a very real influence on our communities,” Ald. Said Lopez.
When the investigators arrested Green later on Wednesday, they recovered lighters, lighter liquids, burned paper and the clothes that Green wore when it was absorbed by several surveillance cameras. The authorities said that clothing was temporarily tested positively for acceleration.
Green rejected any participation in the determination of the fire. A witness, together with Green's girlfriend, identified him in the surveillance video.
The public prosecutor said that Green was a convicted criminal with five previous convicts from the 1990s. According to court files, he already had an arrest warrant against an arrest for non -compliance with the court in court due to a case in retail.
Green returns to the family and friends in court next week on the same day, Chicago firefighters and the city will say goodbye to Captain Meyer.
The public visit for Captain Meyer will take place on Monday from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Malec and Sons funeral home in Norwood Park on the northwest side of Chicago.
The funeral service will follow on Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Saint John Brebeuf Church in Niles.
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