Matthew Zarins was sentenced in Taylor County court on April 18, 2024 on charges of Homicide by Negligent Handling of a Dangerous Weapon/Explosive and Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place. The …
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Matthew Zarins was sentenced in Taylor County court on April 18, 2024 on charges of Homicide by Negligent Handling of a Dangerous Weapon/Explosive and Maintaining a Drug Trafficking Place. The homicide charges resulted in a sentence of five years in state prison and five years of extended supervision. The drug trafficking charge resulted in a sentence of one year in state prison and one year of extended supervision. The sentences will be served concurrently. Zarins plead guilty to both of those charges in January 2024. Charges of Manufacture/Deliver Methamphetamine, Possess Methamphetamine Precursors, and Knowingly Possess Methamphetamine Waste were dismissed but read in for purposes of sentencing.
The charges were related to a fire that occurred at N44 Clark Drive in the Town of Maplehurst on January 11, 2023. Zarins was injured in the fire. Jennifer K. Johnson, of Stanley, died from injuries sustained in the fire. Zarins was taken into custody on a Taylor County warrant on May 3, 2023.
