Latest Arson Headlines
All the headlines from our Arson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Md. Deputy Sheriff Indicted on Arson Charge
Nov 22 2006 // A Frederick County, Maryland sheriff’s deputy has been indicted on a charge of second-degree arson for allegedly burning his girlfriend’s sport-utility vehicle in what investigators have said was an insurance...
Conn. Father Convicted of Arson on Daughter’s Testimony
Nov 17 2006 // A Trumbull man has been convicted of setting fire to his home just before Christmas four years ago to collect insurance money. Randal Licari, 50, was convicted of arson, larceny and insurance fraud and faces up to 70 years...
Insurer Sues Vermont Arson Suspect for Fire Truck Damage
Oct 24 2006 // A Vermont man already facing arson charges in two apartment house fires now is being sued by the city of Rutland’s insurance company, which says the blazes damaged a fire truck. Robert Vandriel has pleaded innocent...
Jury Deadlocks in S.C. Church Arson Case Involving Former Pastor
Oct 16 2006 // A mistrial has been declared in South Carolina in the case of a former pastor accused of trying to burn down his own Summerville church. A Dorchester County jury deliberated Harold E. Hunter’s fate for nearly 10...
S.C. Pastor Accused of Arson
Oct 13 2006 // A pastor accused of burning down his own church went on trial this week in South Carolina and could face 25 years in prison if convicted. Harold E. Hunter, 58, is charged in the burning of the Bethel AME Church in...
Woman Charged With Second-Degree Murder in Okla. Fire Death
Oct 5 2006 // Grady County prosecutors have filed a second-degree murder charge against a Chickasha, Okla., woman who allegedly set fire to the apartment of a blind man for whom she was caring. Andrea D. Sledge was formally charged on...
Insurance Lacking for Some Who Lost Horses Killed In Mich. Arson Case
Oct 4 2006 // Owners of some of the 18 horses killed in a St. Clair County barn fire are finding out that they did not have enough insurance to replace all of what they lost. Farm owner Beverly McCollum owned nine of the horses killed...
Ga. Firefighters Accused of Arson
Sep 10 2006 // Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John W. Oxendine said arrest warrants have been issued for four volunteer firefighters and three junior firefighters in Rabun County for allegedly setting a fire in...
Texas Arson Hotline Call Results in Arrests and Reward
Aug 29 2006 // An anonymous phone call to the state’s Arson Hotline resulted in the arrests of two men in Brady, Texas. The Texas Advisory Council on Arson (ATAC) reported that the suspects were charged with burglary with intent to...
Four Arrested Following LSU Stadium Fire
Aug 24 2006 // A witness who spotted a group of suspicious people near Louisiana State University’s Tiger Stadium provided police with key information that led to the arrests of four juveniles following a fire at the...
Rash of Fires in Ark. County Concerns Officials; Arson Suspected
Jul 7 2006 // A dozen fires in Benton County in less than a week has investigators wondering if all were accidents and, if not, who set them. Investigators are not yet willing to conclude definitely that arson was involved, according to...
Five Arrested in Western Kentucky University Fire
Jun 26 2006 // It will cost more than $1.3 million to repair Western Kentucky University’s Cherry Hall, which was damaged by an arson fire April 23. Western’s President Gary Ransdell said the university has about half the...
Suspect Pleads Guilty in Maryland Housing Development Arson Case
Jun 6 2006 // One of the men accused of setting a series of fires at an upscale housing development under construction in the Washington suburbs two years ago has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit arson. Michael McIntosh Everhart,...
N.Y. Arrests Oneonta Tire Store Owner on Arson Charges
Apr 11 2006 // A 38-year-old Oneonta, New York businessman has been arrested on charges of insurance fraud and arson related to a fire that occurred at Monser Brothers Tire Sales, Inc. in Oneonta, in August 2002. Jeffrey Gelbsman, 38, of...
Colorado Officials Make Arrest after 7-Month Fire Investigation
Apr 10 2006 // Authorities arrested a 46-year-old man for allegedly starting four fires in Rifle, Colo., on Labor Day last year that destroyed two businesses and damaged two other structures. Robin Jay Clifton, of Collbran, faces 13...
Hartford Fire Department to Charge Insurers for Emergency Services
Apr 7 2006 // Fire protection and medical help remains free, but the Hartford Fire Department will soon be charging insurers for other emergency services it provides. The department, in the next week or so, will begin billing insurance...
Md. Jurors Deadlocked in Arson Case
Mar 16 2006 // Jurors in Greenbvely, Maryland deliberating the federal arson case of two men accused of setting fires to a Charles County housing development said Monday that they are deadlocked on both defendants. After deliberating...
Ala. Officials Arrest 3 Following February Church Arson Fires
Mar 8 2006 // Authorities and residents of Alabama got some good news on Wednesday following a series of church fires last month. Three college students from Birmingham were arrested in connection with nearly a dozen church fires in the...
Son to Testify Against Parents In Mich. Arson Trial
Feb 17 2006 // A Kalamazoo man who police say was part of a family scheme to burn down a mobile home, then collect the insurance money, is set to testify against his parents at trial, according to a report by the Coalition Against...
Pair Arrested in Wash. Arson Case
Feb 15 2006 // Special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and Edmonds, Washington police officers have arrested two men for the Dec. 17, 2004, arson of the Gregory Building in Edmonds, and more...
