Latest Arson Headlines
All the headlines from our Arson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Police Jail Witness in Arson, Fraud Case Against Former Mich. Mayor
Jun 7 2007 // Police arrested a key witness in the case involving a former Saginaw, Mich. mayor charged with arson and insurance fraud in the burning of her 1986 Mercedes-Benz. Jerry W. Wilkins was arrested June 1st at a restaurant by...
Mich. Arson Investigator Charged with Planting Evidence
Jun 1 2007 // An arson investigator was arraigned this week in two counties on charges of planting evidence at fire scenes, Michigan authorities said. Jeffrey D. Wallace, 53, was arraigned last week on similar charges in Gladwin County...
Nationwide and Germania Donate to Texas Arson Hotline
May 29 2007 // Two insurers, Nationwide and Germania, have made donations to the Texas Arson Hotline, the Insurance Council of Texas reported. Each donated $1,000. The Arson Hotline has been responsible for more than two dozen arrests on...
Ala.: Sumter County Wildfire Apparent Arson
May 25 2007 // A wildfire apparently intentionally set scorched more than 700 acres in a remote area of Sumter County and sent heavy smoke over Alabama Highway 17, forcing an overnight traffic detour. Firefighters battled the flames for...
Arson suspected at Kan. home where sheriff killed
May 21 2007 // The house in rural southeast Kansas where Greenwood County Sheriff Matt Samuels was killed in 2005 burned down and authorities suspect arson. Three properties at Hilltop in Greenwood County, including the house where...
Indictment Alleges Wis. Arson Scheme to Collect Insurance Money
May 21 2007 // A grocery store owner, her son and his girlfriend face federal charges in the fire that gutted the business last year, allegedly as part of a scheme to collect just over $794,000 in insurance money. Mayneng Xiong, 51,...
Arson Squad Investigating 6 Fires in Historic Newport, R.I.
May 16 2007 // An arson task force is investigating a string of six fires that have broken out in the seaport city of Newport, R.I. since May, three of them in just the past week. On Sunday, fires that started within a few hours of each...
Arson Suspected at Kan. Home Where Sheriff Was Killed
May 1 2007 // The house in rural southeast Kansas where Greenwood County Sheriff Matt Samuels was killed in 2005 burned down last week, and authorities suspect arson. Three properties at Hilltop in Greenwood County, including the house...
N.D. Man Charged in Home Fire Now a Suspect in Business Blaze
Apr 18 2007 // A North Dakota man charged with setting fire to his girlfriend’s mobile home last week is now charged with setting fire last year to a business he co-owned. Lawrence Bailey, 27, of Bismarck, was released from jail...
Former Mich. Mayor Awaits Trial in Arson, Insurance Fraud Case
Apr 16 2007 // A Michigan judge recently ruled that there is enough evidence for a former mayor charged with arson and insurance fraud in the burning of her 1986 Mercedes-Benz to stand trial in the case. Wilmer Jones Ham, who serves on...
Texas Arson Hotline Nets Three Arrests in Store Fire
Apr 10 2007 // A call to the Texas Arson Hotline resulted in the arrest of three Sul Ross State University students following a fire in an Alpine, Texas, convenience store, according to A Texas Advisory Council on Arson (ATAC), which...
Former Snoqualmie Inn Employee Charged in 2005 Fire
Apr 2 2007 // A fire at a bed-and-breakfast that had been in financial disarray has been blamed on a former events coordinator at the inn. James Oliver Burrows, 59, of Fall City, Wash., is charged with first-degree arson and filing a...
Texas Arson Council Honors Fire Investigators
Mar 28 2007 // A Texas Advisory Council on Arson (ATAC) reported it has honored two fire investigators for their work in education and law enforcement. The awards were presented March 22 at the 52nd Annual Texas Fire & Arson...
Texas Advisory Council on Arson Elects Officers
Mar 27 2007 // A Texas Advisory Council on Arson (ATAC) has elected new officers for 2007. David Mitchell, property claims supervisor for the Republic Groups, has been elected president. Stacy Singleton, director of emergency operations...
Texas Arson Hotline Call IDs Pair in Sorority Fire
Mar 15 2007 // A phone call to the Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office Arson Hotline helped fire investigators identify a young man and woman who were believed involved with a fire set inside a University of Texas at Austin...
Fraud Charges Filed Against 5 in 2005 Kansas Fire
Mar 9 2007 // Attorney General Paul Morrison announced fraud charges Wednesday against five people accused of fraudulently trying to obtain grant or insurance money for a fire that destroyed a large portion of historic downtown Fort...
Tenn. Volunteer Firefighters Charged with Arson
Mar 2 2007 // Tennessee authorities filed arson charges this week against four volunteer firefighters in connection with two house fires in Bell Buckle. Bedford County Sheriff Randall Boyce said all suspects have confessed to parts of...
La. Ex-Club Employee Gets Almost Six Years for Arson, Burglary
Feb 19 2007 // A former employee of Covington Country Club in Covington, La., who burned down its temporary clubhouse has been sentenced to just under six years in federal prison. In addition to the 70-month term, William A. Tarpein, 28,...
N.J. Man Indicted on Arson Again, Officials Say
Feb 8 2007 // An Atlantic County man previously convicted of insurance fraud has been named in a new state grand jury indictment charging him with arson, according to New Jersey Attorney General Stuart Rabner and Criminal Justice...
Quitman, La., Woman Booked on Arson-for-Insurance Charge
Feb 2 2007 // A Quitman, La., woman has been arrested, accused of setting her mother’s house on fire in order to collect insurance money. Investigators with the state Fire Marshal’s Office on Jan. 30 arrested Pamela Dukes,...
