A 47-year-old man was charged with murder and arson in connection to a 2018 Bronx fire that killed two people, including a 14-year-old boy, police said.
Edward Garcia was nabbed Friday and ordered held without bail at his arraignment that night in Bronx Criminal Court, court papers show.

Garcia’s victims were not the intended targets, according to the criminal complaint, which does indicate who he may have been after, or why.
The fatal fire broke out around 1:30 a.m. on March 5, 2018, in a ground-floor apartment at 2381 Hoffman Street, killing two second-floor residents — Jordan Conte, 14, and Roberto Archeval Cortez, 41, police said. The tragic teen had been found in the bathtub, officials said at the time.
An accelerant was found on the kitchen floor in the apartment where the fire began, which a police source said was frequented by drug users.
The fire quickly spread because the first-floor residents left a door open, officials said at the time.
“The apartment door was open, fire got out into the hallway and met our members right at the front door,” FDNY Assistant Chief Roger Sakowich tweeted in 2018.
Firefighters rescued eight people from the flames.
Two women suffered third -degree burns and two firefighters were also hurt, with second-degree burns, court documents said.



