Crime & Safety

Halls Ferry Inn Jazz Cafe Owner Given Probation for Burning Down Restaurant

The former business owner pleaded guilty to arson July 30.

Lozell Stiles was given a suspended sentence Friday after he pleaded guilty to second-degree arson for setting fire to the .

Stiles, 40, of the 1200 block of Herman Orchard in North County, was placed on five years supervised probation and must pay $1,000 in restitution.

Stiles pleaded guilty July 30 to setting fire to the business in the 3400 block of North Highway 67 in Florissant.

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No one was injured in the Feb. 18 blaze, which destroyed the building that housed the family-owned restaurant, the Halls Ferry Inn, for many years. Stiles transformed the business into a jazz cafe in 2011.

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