The man sitting on Riker’s Island accused of starting the largest fire in New York City since 9/11 may have an alibi after all. Zbigniew Sarna, a mason from Pond Eddy, N.Y, has come forward to say that the accused, Leszek Kuczera, was in Upstate New York at the time doing contractor work for him. Tom Cleary of the Legal Aid Society said it will check out Kuczera’s alibi. “If it’s strong enough, we’ll try to get him released.” The NYPD declined to comment. The conspiracy theorists must be buzzing.
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