Tube City Almanac

January 16, 2015

Charges Filed in Fatal 10th Ward House Fire

Category: News || By Submitted Report

A 24-year-old McKeesport man has been arrested in connection with setting a fire last year in the lower 10th Ward that killed six people.

Ryan Williams (at right) is being held in the Allegheny County Jail pending arraignment, said a spokeswoman for the Allegheny County Police.

The fire on the morning of Oct. 18, 2014, swept through a two-story wood frame house on Express Alley, near the CSX railroad tracks, killing Hope Jordan, 27; her four children, Dominic Jordan, 7; Autumn Jordan, 6; Serenity Jakub, 3; and Victoria Jordan, 2; and her father-in-law, Ronald Egenlauf Sr., 55. Her husband, Keith Egenlauf, 23, was badly burned in the fire.

Williams was arrested today and charged with six counts of homicide, arson and burglary, the spokeswoman said.

The Allegheny County Fire Marshall's office declined comment.

Allegheny County court records indicate that Williams has a past criminal record, including a November 2013 arrest by McKeesport police for burglary, theft and criminal trespass.

Court records indicate that Williams pleaded guilty in June 2014 to criminal trespass and theft and was sentenced to two years' probation as well as $6,522.64 restitution.






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