Trent Bronner

WHITE PLAINS — Sleepy Hollow fire volunteer Trent Bronner was formally arraigned today on felony arson, criminal mischief and reckless endangernment charges, accused in a seven-count grand jury indictment of setting two fires in the village.

Bronner, 22, was charged in a March 20 fire at 13 Cedar St. that spread to the house next door at 19 Cedar St. and left 19 people homeless. He's also charged in a July 19 fire last year at 128 Cortlandt St. that authorities say he confessed to during the investigation.

A former standout athlete at Sleepy Hollow High School, Bronner joined the volunteer fire department three years ago and was honored last year with a plaque for responding to the most fire calls in the village.

He's now charged with two counts of second-degree arson, one of second-degree criminal mischief, one of first-degree reckless endangerment and one of fourth-degree arson, all felonies. He's also charged with two misdemeanor counts of fourth-degree criminal mischief.

He was arraigned before acting state Supreme Court Justice Albert Lorenzo, who ordered that he remain held on $150,000 bail at the Westchester County jail, where he's been since his arrest on April 27. He's due back in court Sept. 28 and faces up to 25 years in prison if convicted of the top count.