Attorney Louis Aloise, who represented Julie Barnes, didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. Levesque and Barnes pleaded innocent in February to starting the Dec. 3 fire.

Thomas Levesque and Julie Barnes had each been charged with sixcounts of manslaughter, but the charges were dismissed by JudgeTimothy Hillman. His 15-page decision was dated Tuesday and released.

Thomas S. Levesque, 37, and Julie Ann Barnes, ... The fire started during an altercation between the two suspects inside ... Norma Barnes of Worcester, who said Mr. Levesque is the father of her ...

Julie Ann Barnes and Thomas S. Levesque were indicted two months after the Dec. 3, 1999 blaze. Authorities said they accidentally sparked and fled the fire at the abandoned Worcester Cold Storage ...

Levesque’s friend Hector Ortiz said Levesque found something new in Julie Barnes, a moon-faced high school dropout who arrived on the Worcester homeless scene about a year ago. “She was so ...

The suspects in the blaze at the former Worcester Cold Storage and Warehouse Co. building, Thomas S. Levesque, 37, and Julie Ann S. Barnes, 19, started the fire when they knocked over a candle ...

Thomas Levesque, 37, and Julie Barnes, 20, had each been charged with six counts after the Dec. — deaths, which shook the city and drew outpourings of support from across the nation.

A formerly homeless couple who accidentally started a warehouse blaze that killed six firefighters will serve no jail time under an agreement reached Thursday. Thomas Levesque, 39, and Julie King ...