Latest Arson Headlines
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5 Fla. Juveniles Charged with Arson, Commercial Building Destroyed
Jan 14 2008 // Five Pensacola, Fla., juveniles are facing arson and burglary charges following an investigation into a fire that destroyed a commercial building on January 3. No injuries were reported. The juveniles ranging in age from 8...
Georgia Firefighters Charged with Arson for Home, Business Fires
Jan 14 2008 // Police have arrested two Talbotton, Ga., firefighters on arson charges in connection with two separate blazes in the west Georgia town. Sheriff Bill Johnson says 30-year-old Jeff Scott Nelson and 32-year-old Norman Cable...
Kentucky County Loses Second Courthouse to Arson
Jan 13 2008 // A fire that nearly destroyed a western Kentucky courthouse was an arson, the second time this county’s courthouse was set ablaze on purpose, according to officials. The fire at the Carlisle County Courthouse started...
Two Charged in East Alabama Church Fires
Jan 8 2008 // Two Smiths, Ala., men have been charged on arson and burglary charges in connection with three church fires that occurred since Jan 1, State Fire Marshal Ed Paulk announced Monday. Geoffrey Parquette, 21, was charged with...
3rd Fire in 4 Years at Kentucky Horse Barn, Arson not Suspected
Jan 7 2008 // A fire at a barn in western Kentucky killed six horses, though rescuers were able to save 19 from the blaze. The fire at the former Riverside Downs in Henderson was extinguished by Friday evening. State police are...
3rd Alabama Church Arson in 2 Days Prompts Command Post
Jan 7 2008 // Investigators are trying to determine what started separate fires that gutted a church and two houses in rural Lee County, Ala. Authorities said a man was seriously injured in a house fire reported about 1 a.m. on Jan. 3,...
Police Update: Fire that Gutted Kentucky Courthouse was Arson
Jan 7 2008 // Officials in western Kentucky now say arson is to blame for the fire last week that nearly destroyed the Carlisle County Courthouse. The investigation is still under way. The fire started early on the morning of Dec. 26....
County in Western Ky. Lost a 2nd Courthouse to Arson
Jan 4 2008 // A fire that nearly destroyed a western Kentucky courthouse was an arson, the second time this county’s courthouse was set ablaze on purpose. The fire at the Carlisle County Courthouse started early Dec. 26. The...
City Records Destroyed, Water Department Damaged in Ga. Arson
Jan 3 2008 // A building housing the water-sewer department in Lafayette, Ga., was heavily damaged and years worth of records were destroyed when teens broke in and set it on fire early on New Year’s Day, authorities said. Glenn...
Ga. Church Heavily Damaged, 2nd Church Arson in a Week
Jan 3 2008 // State and local authorities are investigating an apparent burglary and arson that left an Albany, Ga., church heavily damaged. The fire was reported about 7:30 a.m. Monday at Metropolitan Baptist Church. The Georgia...
After 100-plus Deliberate Fires, Ark. Town Starts Arson Hotline
Dec 27 2007 // Fire officials in Pine Bluff, Ark., say arsons are on the increase and authorities are seeking the public’s help through a new hotline for reporting fire bugs. On a recent weekend the town had “seven fires and...
Arson Attack
Dec 23 2007 // Insurance fraud investigators began preparing for an expected rash of arsons by cash-strapped homeowners trying to avoid foreclosures as the subprime mortgage crisis deepened. But arsonists were not waiting for bank...
Texas Restaurant Owner Arrested on Arson Charges
Dec 12 2007 // The Federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Boerne Fire Marshals Office and the Texas State Fire Marshals Office announced the arrest of Joseph Stasny, a 39-year-old resident of Boerne, Texas,...
Mass. Arson Case Still in Court After 9 Years
Dec 11 2007 // Almost nine years after five people died in an arson fire in Lynn, Mass., attorneys are still wrangling over which statements can be used at the trial of the woman charged with setting the blaze. The state’s highest...
Arson Suspected Ark. at Sheriff’s Home; Retaliation a Possibility
Dec 6 2007 // A home being built in Humphrey, Ark., by the Jefferson County sheriff has burned in an apparent arson. State police are investigating the blaze. Sheriff Gerald Robinson says he believes the fire was set to retaliate...
Two Ind. Volunteer Firefighters Charged with Arson
Dec 6 2007 // Two Indiana volunteer firefighters are charged with setting fires in abandoned buildings in northern Hamilton County. Adam B. Sampson, 21, of Tipton is charged with three counts of arson, two counts of burglary and two...
Tipster Receives Record Reward for Help in 12 S.C. Arson Cases
Nov 26 2007 // State officials say a tipster called the South Carolina Arson Hotline and helped authorities solve 12 Columbia-area cases. The help garnered a record reward for the anonymous tipster. The South Carolina Insurance News...
Fire at Ind. County Prosecutor’s Office Ruled Arson
Nov 13 2007 // A weekend fire that caused extensive damage to the Martin County, prosecutor’s office has been ruled an arson, Indiana State Police said Sunday. The fire was discovered about 8:05 p.m. Saturday by two juveniles who...
Fire Marshal Says 10 Fires in Cape Cod Town Were Arson
Nov 9 2007 // The Massachusetts Fire Marshal’s office believes at least 10 recent fires in Provincetown on Cape Cod were deliberately set. Most of the blazes occurred in the west end of the Cape Cod town and were relatively small....
Man Charged in Minn. Fire Linked to Pot Buy Gone Bad
Nov 9 2007 // Authorities are blaming a fire that caused more than $1 million in damage to two downtown buildings earlier this week on a Virginia, Minn. man who got angry when a women took his money for marijuana but didn’t...
