
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, March 28, 1991                   TAG: 9103280268
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-7   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: 
DATELINE: LOUISVILLE, KY.                                LENGTH: Short

NEW KID ON THE BLOCK FACES ARSON CHARGE

New Kids on the Block lead singer Donnie Wahlberg was charged with first-degree arson Wednesday in a fire at the hotel where he and the rock 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.

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. - Associated Press

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