Second man convicted in paper mill fire

ERVING, Mass. (WWLP) - A jury today has found a second man guilty of setting an abandoned Erving paper mill on fire.

John Rousseau was convicted on Tuesday morning in Worcester County Superior Court.

Firefighters from 20 communities and three states battled the blaze that ripped through the vacant Usher Paper Mill back in July of 2007.

The Clinton man was also found guilty of setting fires in Sterling, Holden, and at a railroad bungalow in the Berkshire County town of Florida.

Rousseau's codefendant Michael Dreslinski was convicted on October 20.

The two men are scheduled to be sentenced on November 23rd in Worcester Superior Court.