Two 11-year-old girls were charged Wednesday for their alleged roles in a school arson fire.
The fifth-graders are accused of hatching an elaborate plot to burn down St. John Nepomucene Elementary School in Cleveland's Slavic Village.
The girls faces five felony charges each of arson and inducing panic.
The fire earlier this month temporarily shut down the school. There were 186 students in the building when the fire broke out, but no one was injured. The blaze caused more than $200,000 in damage.
Previous Stories:
- March 13, 2006: Students Return To Class After School Arson Fire
- March 7, 2006: 5th-Grade Girls Accused Of Starting School Blaze
- March 7, 2006: Investigators: Students May Have Started School Fire
- March 2, 2006: Fire Alarms Did Not Go Off During Cleveland School Fire
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