A judge has denied a defense motion to dismiss charges lodged against a West Boylston man in connection with a 2018 fire that claimed the life of Worcester Firefighter Christopher Roy.
Momoh Kamara, 22, is awaiting trial in Worcester Superior Court on second-degree murder, arson and burglary charges related to a Dec. 9, 2018, fire in a three-decker at 5-7 Lowell St., where Kamara once lived. Roy, 36, died of smoke inhalation after he was trapped on the second floor of the building during efforts to extinguish the blaze.
In a five-page ruling issued Feb. 6, Judge Daniel M. Wrenn denied a motion filed by Kamara’s lawyer, Blake J. Rubin, seeking the dismissal of the charges.
Rubin alleged in his motion that the evidence presented to the grand jury that secretly indicted Kamara on March 15, 2019, was insufficient, as a matter of law, to support the charges.