Man held for trial in Philly record company fire

PHILADELPHIA - March 23, 2010

Municipal Judge Jacquelyn Frazier-Lyde on Tuesday ordered 29-year-old Christopher Cimini to stand trial on charges including arson and burglary in last month's fire at Philadelphia International Records.

Authorities say Cimini appeared to be extremely intoxicated in surveillance video they say shows him breaking into the building on Feb. 21. Investigators said he may have thought he was somewhere else.

Philadelphia International Records is best known for the lush recording style of producers Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff that became known as the Sound of Philadelphia.

Earlier this month, Cimini's wife apologized and said her husband had too much to drink.

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