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Atkinson sentenced to life in prison
By Leigh Ann Rutledge Associate Editor A Malvern man, sentenced to life in prison for the 2021 death of his roommate, was offered words of forgiveness from the roommate’s family during a March 17 sentencing hearing in Carroll County Common Pleas Court. A brother of Scot Hupp, who died Jan. 23, 2021, after Arlen A. Atkinson poured gasoline on Hupp’s body, bed and his room, lit the gas on fire