Amity Man Pleads To Reduced Charges

An Amity man who is charged with setting a car on fire pleaded guilty to an amended misdemeanor charge of failure to control or report a dangerous fire. Richard Bishop, 55 was admitted to the ARD program that will sentence him to 12 months of probation. Police records indicate that Bishop pulled his car from his garage and doused it with gasoline and set it on fire in June of 2022. When police arrived, firefighters were tending to the blaze and Bishop admitted to them that he set the car on fire. Along with the probationary sentence Bishop will need to complete a mental health evaluation. Bishop was facing felony charges of arson and reckless burning.