Crime & Safety
Report: Attorney Says Homeless Man on Trial for Setting Woman on Fire Not Read His Rights
The man is charged with first-degree murder.
A Howard County Times report says Richard Allen Rodola, a homeless man charged with setting his girlfriend on fire in North Laurel last fall, wants to keep any incriminating comments from being introduced during his upcoming trial.
after police said he set his girlfriend, 37-year-old Pamela Myers, on fire.
She later died from the injuries, and Rodola, 49, is facing first-degree murder charges, according to the newspaper.
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According to the article, Sgt. Eric Brown testified at a motions hearing and said that before and after his arrests, "Rodola made several 'remorseful statements' to police."
Rodola’s attorney, Samuel Truette, said that his client was never informed of his Miranda rights, the article said.
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