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Jesse Tatum faces several decades in prison after pleading guilty in
the death last year of an 8-year-old girl
The day before his trial was to begin Tatum 25 pleaded guilty to
second-degree murder in the Nov 29 2012 death of Karrina
Johnson
She died in a house fire at her home at 17 Young St and this
afternoon Tatum admitted he started the blaze
ldquoI set the house on firerdquo Tatum told Calhoun County Circuit Court
Judge Conrad Sindt ldquoI poured gas on the couch and lit itrdquo
The couch was on the front porch and Tatum
claimed he didnrsquot know that three children
were inside
ldquoI didnrsquot think they were present at the timerdquo he
said ldquoI knocked on the door and didnrsquot hear
anythingrdquo
But Karrina Johnson and her brother Devin
15 and sister Hevin 10 Johnson were
asleep The two older children were able to
escape Battle Creek firefighters found
Karrina still inside the burning house She was
taken to Bronson Methodist Hospital in
Kalamazoo where she later died
Battle Creek police later charged Tatum a
former boyfriend of the childrenrsquos mother
Janeen Johnson 37
Johnson sat in the front room of the
spectatorrsquos section and watched and listened
as Tatum was questioned by Judge Sindt and
entered the guilty plea
ldquoI am glad he owned up to it because he knew
he did itrdquo Johnson said later ldquoAt least be a
man and maybe this is a step toward him becoming a manrdquo
Johnson said she talked with Det Scott Eager of the Battle Creek
By Trace Christenson
Gannett Michigan
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Michigan News
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Police Department and Assistant Prosecutor Tamara Towns before
agreeing to the plea agreement
ldquoThey have never steered me wrong and they have been working so
long on thisrdquo Johnson said ldquoShe (Towns) said it was the best thing to
dordquo
With the plea Johnson said she wonrsquot have to rely on a trial and jury
decision and knows Tatum will likely receive a long prison sentence
ldquoJudge Sindt they convinced me of him being a toughierdquo Johnson
said
Towns said the plea was important because Johnson could finally
hear what happened and begin to put the event behind her without
sitting through a trial
With his plea Johnson faces up to life in prison with a minimum
sentence of several decades in prison He could be paroled
eventually He was scheduled to face a trial Tuesday on charges of
felony murder and arson and if convicted of those charges he would
have been sentenced to life without parole
The fire was reported about 2 am and Tatum told the judge he was
angry because of an earlier altercation with Johnson and his two
sisters at a party
He said the women came uninvited to the party and wouldnrsquot leave He
alleged that Johnson broke some windows before they finally left
Angry Tatum said he was with another man Michael Roberson when
he bought some gasoline and then went to the home where he started
the fire about 90 minutes after the argument with Johnson
Tatum insisted he knocked on the door of the house and when no one
answered and there were no lights or TV on and no car in the drive
assumed no one was at home
ldquoI didnrsquot think that because she (Johnson) was out partying that she
would leave her kids thererdquo Tatum told the judge
But Tatum said he had lived at the home and knew about the three
children and Towns argued that he should have assumed someone
Senior ProgramAnalystHCL Global Systems Inc
03122013 Man admits he set house fire that killed ex-girlfriends child 8 | Detroit Free Press | freepcom
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might be sleeping in the house
ldquoYou light a house on fire and you assume that riskrdquo Towns told the
judge ldquoIt was 2 am when people would be sleepingrdquo
Roberson was charged with being accessory to the crime and
entered a plea to a lesser charge and in exchange was expected to
testify against Tatum Police also said they had a receipt from a gas
station linked to Tatum and showing he purchased just over 30 cents
worth of gas just before the fire was reported
Tatum remains in the county jail and will be sentenced Jan 6
Trace Christenson is a reporter for the Battle Creek Enquirer
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03122013 Man admits he set house fire that killed ex-girlfriends child 8 | Detroit Free Press | freepcom
wwwfreepcomarticle20131203NEWS06312030052Man-pleads-guilty-fire-killed-Michigan-girl 26
Jesse Tatum faces several decades in prison after pleading guilty in
the death last year of an 8-year-old girl
The day before his trial was to begin Tatum 25 pleaded guilty to
second-degree murder in the Nov 29 2012 death of Karrina
Johnson
She died in a house fire at her home at 17 Young St and this
afternoon Tatum admitted he started the blaze
ldquoI set the house on firerdquo Tatum told Calhoun County Circuit Court
Judge Conrad Sindt ldquoI poured gas on the couch and lit itrdquo
The couch was on the front porch and Tatum
claimed he didnrsquot know that three children
were inside
ldquoI didnrsquot think they were present at the timerdquo he
said ldquoI knocked on the door and didnrsquot hear
anythingrdquo
But Karrina Johnson and her brother Devin
15 and sister Hevin 10 Johnson were
asleep The two older children were able to
escape Battle Creek firefighters found
Karrina still inside the burning house She was
taken to Bronson Methodist Hospital in
Kalamazoo where she later died
Battle Creek police later charged Tatum a
former boyfriend of the childrenrsquos mother
Janeen Johnson 37
Johnson sat in the front room of the
spectatorrsquos section and watched and listened
as Tatum was questioned by Judge Sindt and
entered the guilty plea
ldquoI am glad he owned up to it because he knew
he did itrdquo Johnson said later ldquoAt least be a
man and maybe this is a step toward him becoming a manrdquo
Johnson said she talked with Det Scott Eager of the Battle Creek
By Trace Christenson
Gannett Michigan
FILED UNDER
Local News
Michigan News
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Jesse Tatum with his attorney Mike Lind TraceChristensonThe Enquirer
ZOOM
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03122013 Man admits he set house fire that killed ex-girlfriends child 8 | Detroit Free Press | freepcom
wwwfreepcomarticle20131203NEWS06312030052Man-pleads-guilty-fire-killed-Michigan-girl 36
Police Department and Assistant Prosecutor Tamara Towns before
agreeing to the plea agreement
ldquoThey have never steered me wrong and they have been working so
long on thisrdquo Johnson said ldquoShe (Towns) said it was the best thing to
dordquo
With the plea Johnson said she wonrsquot have to rely on a trial and jury
decision and knows Tatum will likely receive a long prison sentence
ldquoJudge Sindt they convinced me of him being a toughierdquo Johnson
said
Towns said the plea was important because Johnson could finally
hear what happened and begin to put the event behind her without
sitting through a trial
With his plea Johnson faces up to life in prison with a minimum
sentence of several decades in prison He could be paroled
eventually He was scheduled to face a trial Tuesday on charges of
felony murder and arson and if convicted of those charges he would
have been sentenced to life without parole
The fire was reported about 2 am and Tatum told the judge he was
angry because of an earlier altercation with Johnson and his two
sisters at a party
He said the women came uninvited to the party and wouldnrsquot leave He
alleged that Johnson broke some windows before they finally left
Angry Tatum said he was with another man Michael Roberson when
he bought some gasoline and then went to the home where he started
the fire about 90 minutes after the argument with Johnson
Tatum insisted he knocked on the door of the house and when no one
answered and there were no lights or TV on and no car in the drive
assumed no one was at home
ldquoI didnrsquot think that because she (Johnson) was out partying that she
would leave her kids thererdquo Tatum told the judge
But Tatum said he had lived at the home and knew about the three
children and Towns argued that he should have assumed someone
Senior ProgramAnalystHCL Global Systems Inc
03122013 Man admits he set house fire that killed ex-girlfriends child 8 | Detroit Free Press | freepcom
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might be sleeping in the house
ldquoYou light a house on fire and you assume that riskrdquo Towns told the
judge ldquoIt was 2 am when people would be sleepingrdquo
Roberson was charged with being accessory to the crime and
entered a plea to a lesser charge and in exchange was expected to
testify against Tatum Police also said they had a receipt from a gas
station linked to Tatum and showing he purchased just over 30 cents
worth of gas just before the fire was reported
Tatum remains in the county jail and will be sentenced Jan 6
Trace Christenson is a reporter for the Battle Creek Enquirer
View Comments (5) | Share your thoughts raquo
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clear millions off payroll
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03122013 Man admits he set house fire that killed ex-girlfriends child 8 | Detroit Free Press | freepcom
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03122013 Man admits he set house fire that killed ex-girlfriends child 8 | Detroit Free Press | freepcom
wwwfreepcomarticle20131203NEWS06312030052Man-pleads-guilty-fire-killed-Michigan-girl 36
Police Department and Assistant Prosecutor Tamara Towns before
agreeing to the plea agreement
ldquoThey have never steered me wrong and they have been working so
long on thisrdquo Johnson said ldquoShe (Towns) said it was the best thing to
dordquo
With the plea Johnson said she wonrsquot have to rely on a trial and jury
decision and knows Tatum will likely receive a long prison sentence
ldquoJudge Sindt they convinced me of him being a toughierdquo Johnson
said
Towns said the plea was important because Johnson could finally
hear what happened and begin to put the event behind her without
sitting through a trial
With his plea Johnson faces up to life in prison with a minimum
sentence of several decades in prison He could be paroled
eventually He was scheduled to face a trial Tuesday on charges of
felony murder and arson and if convicted of those charges he would
have been sentenced to life without parole
The fire was reported about 2 am and Tatum told the judge he was
angry because of an earlier altercation with Johnson and his two
sisters at a party
He said the women came uninvited to the party and wouldnrsquot leave He
alleged that Johnson broke some windows before they finally left
Angry Tatum said he was with another man Michael Roberson when
he bought some gasoline and then went to the home where he started
the fire about 90 minutes after the argument with Johnson
Tatum insisted he knocked on the door of the house and when no one
answered and there were no lights or TV on and no car in the drive
assumed no one was at home
ldquoI didnrsquot think that because she (Johnson) was out partying that she
would leave her kids thererdquo Tatum told the judge
But Tatum said he had lived at the home and knew about the three
children and Towns argued that he should have assumed someone
Senior ProgramAnalystHCL Global Systems Inc
03122013 Man admits he set house fire that killed ex-girlfriends child 8 | Detroit Free Press | freepcom
wwwfreepcomarticle20131203NEWS06312030052Man-pleads-guilty-fire-killed-Michigan-girl 46
TOP VIDEO PICKS
might be sleeping in the house
ldquoYou light a house on fire and you assume that riskrdquo Towns told the
judge ldquoIt was 2 am when people would be sleepingrdquo
Roberson was charged with being accessory to the crime and
entered a plea to a lesser charge and in exchange was expected to
testify against Tatum Police also said they had a receipt from a gas
station linked to Tatum and showing he purchased just over 30 cents
worth of gas just before the fire was reported
Tatum remains in the county jail and will be sentenced Jan 6
Trace Christenson is a reporter for the Battle Creek Enquirer
View Comments (5) | Share your thoughts raquo
Holiday survival guide |USA NOWNov 27 2013
Former resident ofHeidelberg house shohellipNov 22 2013
Police grab passengerafter he yells bombNov 26 2013
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03122013 Man admits he set house fire that killed ex-girlfriends child 8 | Detroit Free Press | freepcom
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clear millions off payroll
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suspending Ohio State lineman
6 Detroit Tigers trade Doug Fister to Washington
Nationals for Lombardozzi Krol
7 Scouting the Tigers incoming players
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EMU student injured in off-campus shooting
5 issues the Michigan Legislature will likely
take up before holiday break
WSU law school dean Jocelyn Benson will not
run for congress in 2014
Man admits he set house fire that killed ex-
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chainsaw over parking spot
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Politics
Detroit
Wayne County
Oakland County
Macomb County
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Michigan
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Rochelle Riley
Eric Millikin
Weather
LIFE
Food
Travel
Health
Shopping
Crossword puzzle
Comics
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Lions
Tigers
Red Wings
Pistons
Wolverines
Spartans
High School Sports
Mitch Albom
Drew Sharp
Jeff Seidel
Outdoors
Auto Racing
Golf
Free Press marathon
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Submit a Death Notice
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Detroit auto show
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Advertise
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Contact us
Subscriber services
e-Edition
Got a question
Detroit Newspapers in
Education
Bookstore
Reading Works
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Page and photo reprints
03122013 Man admits he set house fire that killed ex-girlfriends child 8 | Detroit Free Press | freepcom
wwwfreepcomarticle20131203NEWS06312030052Man-pleads-guilty-fire-killed-Michigan-girl 66
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03122013 Man admits he set house fire that killed ex-girlfriends child 8 | Detroit Free Press | freepcom
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might be sleeping in the house
ldquoYou light a house on fire and you assume that riskrdquo Towns told the
judge ldquoIt was 2 am when people would be sleepingrdquo
Roberson was charged with being accessory to the crime and
entered a plea to a lesser charge and in exchange was expected to
testify against Tatum Police also said they had a receipt from a gas
station linked to Tatum and showing he purchased just over 30 cents
worth of gas just before the fire was reported
Tatum remains in the county jail and will be sentenced Jan 6
Trace Christenson is a reporter for the Battle Creek Enquirer
View Comments (5) | Share your thoughts raquo
Holiday survival guide |USA NOWNov 27 2013
Former resident ofHeidelberg house shohellipNov 22 2013
Police grab passengerafter he yells bombNov 26 2013
selected by Taboola
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Bill Simmons Well never see anathlete like Detroithellip
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Kenmore 13913 (Dishw asher Info)
SPONSORED LINKSThe digital jacket worn by GaryBarlow and William (Guardian-
Video)
Benefit changes in 2013 (Money
Advice Service)
6 Great Tips for Surviving on aLow Income (Money Advice Service)
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Build your home bar in time forthe festive season (Alexander and
James)
Why Humility is Key to GettingHired (CEB)
[]
by TaboolaSPONSORED LINKS
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How can you be eligiblefor equity release
7 Foods To Avoid at AllCosts
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