George Stephen Georgiou is charged with two counts of first-degree murder and arson. He was booked into the Pinellas County Jail just after midnight on Wednesday.
The bodies of Flora and Steve Georgiou, 78 and 83, were found in their burning home on Chesapeake Drive on January 4th.
According to the arrest report, George Georgiou entered the home to coerce his grandfather into paying his father for work finished at the family business. During an interview with detectives, Georgiou stated he had previously planned to put a mask over his father to threaten his grandfather.
Investigators found two burned matches in the home–near an accelerant used to start the fire. According to the police report, DNA found on the matches was consistent with Georgiou’s DNA.
The Georgiou family is well known in the Tarpon Springs community as owners of a boat repair company, Anclote Marine Ways, and fishing vessel Miss Milwaukee.
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