Cherry Creek Man In Court Over Fire That Killed Siblings (AP)

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By Associated Press

Story Created: May 10, 2008 at 2:28 PM CDT

Story Updated: May 10, 2008 at 2:34 PM CDT

A Cherry Creek man made his first court appearance Friday in federal court in Pierre on charges he started a fire that killed his two young siblings.

Akeem Rooks pleaded not guilty to arson that endangered human life. The fire last week at Cherry Creek on the Cheyenne River Indian Reservation killed 4-year-old Keya Rooks and her 2-year-old brother both as Marvin Evenson and Marvin Rooks.

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