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Judge: Pacemaker data can be used in Middletown arson trial

Posted by M. C. on July 12, 2017

http://www.journal-news.com/news/judge-pacemaker-data-can-used-middletown-arson-trial/Utxy63jyrwpT2Jmy9ltHQP/

In what is believed to be the first case of its kind to use data from a beating heart as evidence, a Butler County judge ruled Tuesday that evidence from a pacemaker used to get a Middletown man indicted for arson can be presented at trial.

Ross Compton, 59, was indicted in January on felony charges of aggravated arson and insurance fraud for allegedly starting a fire in September 2016 at his Court Donegal house. The blaze caused nearly $400,000 in damages.

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