Coffee shop owner guilty of arson

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) - A former Elmwood Village coffee shop owner is guilty of setting his business on fire.

A jury convicted 43-year-old Lon Coldiron of third-degree arson and second-degree attempted grand larceny.

Prosecutors say Coldiron applied for nearly $300,000 in insurance just weeks before the fire destroyed his coffee shop and killed one of his dogs in his apartment upstairs.

He'll be sentenced in September.