YOUNGSTOWN — The attorney for Will A. Jones, 59, the man accused of starting three house arsons in Youngstown in November containing a combined 14 people, has filed a not guilty by reason of insanity plea.

Attorney Gary VanBrocklin filed a written not guilty by reason of insanity plea Jan. 21 in Mahoning County Common Pleas Court. That matter presumably will come up at a hearing today in the courtroom of Judge R. Scott Krichbaum.

The hearing is listed as a motions hearing. VanBrocklin also filed a second motion on Thursday challenging the repeat-violent-offender specifications mentioned in Jones’ indictments. The filing does not provide any details regarding the motion.

Jones was indicted at the end of December on 14 counts of aggravated arson and repeat-violent offender specifications. If he is convicted on those 14 charges, he could get more than 100 years in prison.

The fires were at homes on Oak Hill Avenue, Woodland Avenue and Willis Avenue, all on Youngstown’s South Side. One of the homes he is accused of setting on fire is where he was living in a group home at the time.

Eight people were home when that fire was set. All made it out safely, though there were two minor injuries. At the home on Oak Hill Avenue, four members of a family were home. They escaped the 4:17 a.m. fire because one of the two children in the home was in the living room when it was set and woke up her father.

Two women were home at the home on Woodland Avenue and both made it out. The Oak Hill and Woodland fires were Nov. 23. The Willis fire was Nov. 22. Jones is in the Mahoning County jail in lieu of $450,000 bond.