Former Employee Sentenced to 10 Years in Commercial Building Arson Case

Former Employee Sentenced In Commercial Building Arson Case

A disgruntled employee has been sentenced in an arson fire at his former place of employment. Conasauga Judicial Circuit District Attorney Benjamin Kenemer a...

‘Disgruntled former employee’ sentenced to prison for arson of Dalton business

A Whitfield County judge sentenced Richard Gary Crosby to 10 years in prison for second-degree arson and five years probation for burglary in connection with a fire set at his former workplace in October 2025. The case involved video evidence and a gasoline-accelerated fire.

Former employee sentenced to 10 years in commercial building arson case

WHITFIELD COUNTY — A 44-year-old man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to arson at a commercial building. According to the Conasauga Judicial Circuit, Richard Gary Crosby, a former employee of the business, was captured on surveillance entering the building without permission and setting the fire. Investigators later determined gasoline had been used as an accelerant. Following his plea, Judge Poston sentenced Crosby…