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Article: New Kids' Donnie Wahlberg charged with arson
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- March 28, 1991
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- New Kids on the Block lead singer
Donnie Wahlberg was charged with first-degree arson yesterday in a
fire at the hotel where he and the pop group were staying.
Wahlberg, 20, had no comment on the charges, but said to tell his
fans: "I do appreciate their concern."
He was freed on $5,000 bail after turning himself in and arrived
at Freedom Hall for the group's sold-out concert.
Wahlberg was ordered to appear in court April 11. Conviction on
the arson charge carries a prison term of 20 years to life.
Fire Chief Russell Sanders said Wahlberg allegedly poured a
flammable liquid on a rug on the ninth floor of the historic Seelbach
Hotel and set it on fire. There ...