Brooklyn, NY - Homeless Man Indicted in Warehouse Fire

Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY - The homeless man accused of setting the massive 10 alarm fire that destroyed a historic waterfront warehouse complex in Brooklyn last month was indicted, prosecutors said.

Leszek Kuczera, 59, could get up to 15 years in prison if convicted of the charges, which include arson and burglary, a spokesman for the Brooklyn district attorney said.

According to prosecutors, Kuczera told police that he lit the fire to burn the insulation off stolen cuttings of copper wire, which he planned to then sell.
Kuczera, who was initially interviewed by investigators as a potential witness, told authorities that it was not his intent to burn the building down, police said.