The son of the couple found dead after a North Adams house fire Monday was arrested and charged with arson and murder, local officials said.

Darius Hazard, 44, was charged with one count of arson in connection to the Monday fire at a single-family home at 77 Francis Street, where he lived with his parents, the Berkshire District Attorney’s Office said. He pleaded not guilty in Northern Berkshire District Court Tuesday afternoon, according to court records.

Darius Hazard, 44. Berkshire DA’s Office.

Hazard will be arraigned Wednesday on two counts of murder of his parents Venture Hazard, 76, and Donald Hazard, 83.

Hazard confessed Monday afternoon to physically assaulting his parents inside the home before pouring gasoline on the first floor and setting the house on fire between 3 and 4

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