Restaurant Co-Owners Charged With Arson

Tina Diakos pleaded not guilty last week to an indictment charging her with the March fire that leveled Jerzeez the Diner in Vernon. Diakos’ boyfriend, and co-owner of the diner, also pleaded not guilty to the indictment charging him with conspiracy to to burn down the restaurant. Assistant Prosecutor Seana Pappas told the Herald Diakos pleaded not guilty Sept. 6 to three counts of second-degree aggravated arson, one count of second-degree insurance fraud, one count of third-degree criminal mischief, second-degree witness tampering and second-degree conspiracy to commit arson.