{"id":113513,"date":"2026-02-14T00:20:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T00:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/113513\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T00:20:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T00:20:08","slug":"pennsylvania-man-sentenced-for-boxing-day-arson-that-displaced-dozens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/113513\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania man sentenced for Boxing Day arson that displaced dozens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">ALLENTOWN, Pa. (WHTM) \u2014 A Lehigh Valley man will spend decades behind bars, accused of setting row homes aflame and displacing dozens on Boxing Day a few years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Santos Mota-Ramirez, 61, of Allentown, was sentenced Wednesday to 20 years to 40 years in prison.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a class=\"link  yahoo-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/pennsylvania-man-accused-setting-blaze-150935650.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pennsylvania man accused of setting blaze displacing dozens on Boxing Day;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Pennsylvania man accused of setting blaze displacing dozens on Boxing Day <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">He pleaded guilty in a plea deal to criminal attempted murder, felony causing a catastrophe, felony arson, felony aggravated assault, and misdemeanor simple assault.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Allentown Police accused Mota-Ramirez of setting fire to row homes in the 700 block of West Cedar Street in the city on Dec. 26, 2024.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"http:\/\/abc27.com\/streaming\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Download the abc27 News+ app on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV devices;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Download the abc27 News+ app on your Roku, Amazon Fire TV Stick, Apple TV devices<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/abc27.com\/streaming\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:, and newer Samsung Smart TVs.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">, and newer Samsung Smart TVs.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Six homes were damaged and 30 people were assisted by the American Red Cross and other agencies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc27.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to ABC27.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to ABC27. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ALLENTOWN, Pa. (WHTM) \u2014 A Lehigh Valley man will spend decades behind bars, accused of setting row homes&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[157,54201,28,30,29,6651],"class_list":{"0":"post-113513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pennsylvania","8":"tag-lehigh-valley","9":"tag-mota-ramirez","10":"tag-pennsylvania","11":"tag-pennsylvania-headlines","12":"tag-pennsylvania-news","13":"tag-whtm"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}