Misty Ann Weaver, the woman charged with three counts of felony murder and one case of arson in connection with the March 28 office building fire she confessed to setting, pleaded not guilty yesterday. Weaver, 33, told investigators in April that she set the fire in the office of her boss, plastic surgeon Dr. Robert Capriotti, to cover up the fact that she hadn't finished paperwork related to an accreditation audit for the doctor. After...
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Good morning, Houston. We know you've heard already, but there's no bigger story out of Houston today than Craig Biggio's 3000th hit. It's times like these that remind you why you put up with the frustration of following your hometown team season after disappointing season, and we're proud of Biggio. To top things off, we even won the game. Astros, you're spoiling us. Houstonist will have a full story on hit number 3000 for...
A judge yesterday nearly halved the bail for Misty Ann Weaver, the nurse who confessed to setting the March 28 fire that killed three people at a northeast Houston office building. Weaver's bail had been set at $330,000, but state District Judge Michael McSpadden reduced it to $180,000 based on Harris County bail guidelines: $50,000 for each first-degree felony charge, such as felony murder, plus $30,000 for an arson charge. Weaver must post 10 percent...
Good morning, Houston. According to a government report released yesterday, the national average price for a gallon of gas rose to $2.876 last week, up 7.4 cents over last week. Bad news, eh? But here's something good: A gallon of gas is, in general, a lot cheaper than that in Houston. Not that it's cheap or anything — according to reports, it'll cost you anywhere from $2.59 to $2.99 here. Looks like we might...
Looks like Misty Ann Weaver's defense attorneys won't be the only people picking through the rubble of the burned-out office building on the North Loop: The family of Jeanette Hargrove, one of three people killed in the March 28 fire, has filed suit against the building's owners and Weaver, the nurse who has confessed to setting the blaze, and they want their own investigation of the structure's fire safety systems. The suit, filed on behalf...
The Chronicle reports today that lawyers for Misty Ann Weaver, the nurse who has confessed to setting the March 28 office building fire that killed three people, plan to have their own inspectors look at the building's sprinkler system. Though he didn't give any specifics about the plans, attorney Todd Dupont also told the Chronicle that the defense team wants to figure out how long it took firefighters to respond to the fire. Dupont talked...
Now that there's a suspect in the March 28 office building fire that killed three people, there's another question on people's minds: How could she have done it? But in the case of 33-year-old nurse Misty Ann Weaver, who confessed to setting the fire to cover up the fact that she hadn't completed some office paperwork, there apparently aren't any easy answers. Weaver told investigators over the weekend that she intended to set a small...
It didn't take all that long for investigators to find the cause of the March 28 fire that destroyed two floors of a northeast Houston office building: Misty Ann Weaver, a 33-year-old nurse in a plastic surgeon's office, has confessed to setting the fire in an attempt to keep her job. According to investigators, Weaver hadn't finished paperwork related to an accreditation audit for her boss, Dr. Robert Capriotti, so she set what she thought...
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