A 17-year-old from Colony, who pled no contest last month to felony arson and misdemeanor battery, will be sentenced tomorrow, October 21, in Anderson County District Court. Robb pled “no contest” to juvenile charges of arson in an incident that resulted in the destruction of the Colony Community Church the day after Christmas last year. He originally faced an additional charge of aggravated domestic battery in a related incident with a family member, but that charge was reduced to misdemeanor battery.
Robb became involved in a domestic dispute with his grandparents December 26th of last year, threatening one of them with a knife before being found later in the smoke-filled church in Colony. A statement from Anderson County Emergency Preparedness says Robb was removed from the church by a responding sheriff’s deputy who then called in the fire. Responding firefighters brought the blaze under control, but it reignited over night and claimed the remainder of the structure. A new church has been under construction at the same location since earlier this summer.
