Latest Arson Headlines
All the headlines from our Arson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Wisconsin Business Owner Accused of Arson, Murder-for-Hire
Feb 22 2012 // A Wisconsin business owner is charged in federal court with torching his business and offering to kill someone’s wife in payment for helping set the fire. Prosecutors accuse 32-year-old Mathew Lemberger of Denmark of...
Missouri Man Sentenced to 7 Years for Office Complex Arson
Feb 17 2012 // A judge gave the maximum sentence possible to a man who admitted to setting fire to an office complex in Cape Girardeau, Mo. Twenty-six-year-old Mark K. Carleton was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison. He pleaded...
California School Reopens After Arson Fire
Jan 19 2012 // A San Diego, Calif. elementary school reopened Wednesday, two days after an arson fire that caused $600,000 in damage. The blaze shortly before midnight Monday at Alice Birney school in University Heights damaged the...
Arson Suspected At California’s Biggest Beef Processor
Jan 10 2012 // Investigators say arson is suspected in a blaze that destroyed 14 big-rig tractors and several trailers at California’s Harris Farms cattle operation, the state’s largest cattle feeder, beef processor and beef...
Kentucky Fire Marshal Seeks Help With Arson Cases
Jan 9 2012 // Because of an alarming increase in suspected arson fires in Kentucky, State Fire Marshal William Swope is asking citizens to provide information to help solve the crimes. Since December, arson has been suspected in nearly...
California Arson Suspect Also Faces German Fire Probe
Jan 6 2012 // The man who allegedly ignited more than 50 fires that terrorized Los Angeles last week is also under investigation in Germany for a house fire near Frankfurt. U.S. investigators also disclosed that a search of Harry...
Los Angeles Arson Suspect Arrested
Jan 3 2012 // Los Angeles police booked a 24-year-old man on suspicion of arson after an L.A. County sheriff’s deputy detained him in connection with a string of more than 50 fires, the Los Angeles Times is reporting. Booking...
Arson Causes $100,000 Damage to Yakima School
Dec 20 2011 // Someone broke into Robertson Elementary School early Sunday in Yakima, Wash. and set fire to the library. KNDO reports many books were lost. Damage is estimated at $100,000.
Arson At Washington Hair Salon
Dec 20 2011 // The Shoreline Fire Department in Washington says the fire that damaged a hair salon Sunday night was set. The fire was extinguished in minutes and no one was injured. The Seattle Times reports the hair salon is in a strip...
Charleston Doubles Reward for Arson Tips
Dec 12 2011 // The city of Charleston is now offering $50,000 for tips that lead to the arrest of whoever is responsible for a series of arsons during the past decade. There have been about 85 suspicious fires since 2000 in an area where...
Two North Texas Men Sentenced in Arson for Insurance Case
Nov 23 2011 // Two men in Texas have been sentenced to prison for conspiring to commit arson in order to obtain insurance proceeds, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas announced. Blaise Hancock, of...
Louisiana Woman Sentenced to 69 Months for Arson Scheme
Oct 13 2011 // A 30-year-old Reserve, La.,woman has been sentenced to five years and nine months in prison for her role in 2007 fire at a public housing complex. Niasha Marie King pleaded guilty to setting her apartment in Reserve on...
Massachusetts Judge Refuses to Quash Fatal Arson Evidence
Aug 24 2011 // A Massachusetts judge has rejected a plea to suppress evidence in the case of a Northampton man accused of setting 15 fires that left two men dead and damaged property and vehicles more than a year ago. Prosecutors allege...
Teens Arrested in Nevada Fire
Aug 19 2011 // Authorities have arrested two teens on felony third-degree arson charges as firefighters continue battling a wildfire burning about 3 square miles south of Gardnerville, Nev. Douglas County Sheriff’s officials say...
Lackawanna Deputy Coroner Faces Arson Charges
Aug 8 2011 // Pennsylvania state police have charged Lackawanna County’s deputy corner with arson, alleging he tried to pay $40,000 to an undercover trooper to burn a building he owned in a bid to collect insurance money. The...
LA Car Arson Suspect May Have Set Fires in Japan
Aug 5 2011 // Fire investigators tried to determine Wednesday whether a man arrested for investigation of a serial arson spree in the San Fernando Valley served time for torching bars and restaurants in Japan a decade ago while he was...
Pennsylvania Arson Bill Caught Up in Mandatory Sentencing Debate
Jul 27 2011 // A proposal to stiffen sentences for arson in Pennsylvania has run afoul of a debate over the use of mandatory minimum sentences in the commonwealth. State Sen. John Rafferty Jr., R-Chester, introduced the measure in March...
Kentucky Strip Mall Fire Deemed Arson
Jul 20 2011 // A fire chief says a blaze that destroyed a strip mall in central Kentucky was arson. Meade County Fire Chief Larry Naser said investigators have ruled out electrical and mechanical causes and spontaneous combustion. Naser...
Suspect Arrested as Arson Blamed for 9 Fires in Flint, Michigan
Jun 23 2011 // Authorities in Flint, Michigan have arrested a suspect in five of what are believed to be nine arson fires that broke out overnight in an eastside neighborhood, the city announced. Three firefighters were treated for heat...
New Jersey Police Rule Out Arson in School Bus Yard Fire
May 24 2011 // Investigators say they’ve ruled out arson as the possible cause of a fire that damaged 11 vehicles parked in a southern New Jersey school bus yard. But the cause of Thursday’s fire in Bordentown Township still...
