The Wayne man accused of setting fire to a building on Plymouth Road in Livonia that injured two people will return to court Thursday morning.

Jonathan Darlington, 45, was in 16th District Judge Kathleen McCann’s courtroom this past Thursday morning for a probable cause conference. Darlington is charged with two counts of attempted murder, two counts of first-degree arson, two counts of placing offensive substance with intent to cause physical injury, one count of arson-preparation to burn a dwelling and habitual offender fourth offense.

Given the nature of the crime, an official with the Wayne County Prosecutor’s Office said a special unit is assigned to handle exams of these kinds. The preliminary examination is scheduled for 9 a.m. next Thursday in the Livonia courthouse.

Darlington was arrested and charged after police say he set fire to the front of a building on Plymouth Road at the intersection of Deering in the early morning hours of Sept. 19. Two individuals were inside the building at the time of the fire and both suffered non-life-threatening burns and injuries from the incident. Both were treated at an area hospital and have since been released.

The building where the fire took place is owned, though is not regularly used. Fire officials closed part of Plymouth Road during the blaze and were able to contain it in about 10 minutes.

If convicted, Darlington faces up to life in prison. Wayne County Circuit Court online records indicate Darlington was charged and found guilty in several other criminal cases in 1992 and 2001. Those charges included breaking-and-entering, possession of burglar’s tools, receiving and concealing stolen property and unlawfully driving away a motor vehicle. He received probation in those cases, according to online court records.

He’s currently being held in the Wayne County Jail without bond, according to online jail records.