Latest Arson Headlines
All the headlines from our Arson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
N.Y. Couple Arrested for Auto Arson Fraud
Jan 9 2004 // A bulletin, issued by New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio, described the arrest of Robert and Mary Smith of the Town of Alden in Erie County, on charges of arson, insurance fraud, attempted...
Arrest Made in Connection with Fla. August Home Fire
Jan 5 2004 // Florida State Fire Marshal and insurance fraud investigators with the Department of Financial Services have arrested a local homeowner for allegedly burning her home to collect insurance proceeds. Investigators said Gari...
Pa. Man Charged in Arson-for-Hire Fraud Scam
Dec 16 2003 // New Jersey’s Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that a Pennsylvania man has been charged by the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor with reportedly participating in a scheme to get rid of...
Arrests Made in Ga. Arson Case
Nov 6 2003 // Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John Oxendine announced that two juveniles were arrested this week in an arson fire that destroyed a former school building in Rossville, Ga. The two suspects, both age 15,...
Arrest Made in Fla. Arson
Nov 5 2003 // A 54-year-old Bartow, Florida man has been arrested in connection with a house fire. Investigators with the state’s Bureau of Fire and Arson Investigations arrested Larry Earl Davis, of 260 Van Fleet Rd., Apt. 5,...
Texas Arson Hotline Shows Results
Oct 14 2003 // The Insurance Council of Texas announced that the State Fire Marshal’s arson hotline, which debuted May 1, 2000, has already landed several people in jail for deliberately setting fires to their cars, homes and...
Warsaw N.Y. Man Sentenced in Arson Insurance Fraud Case
Sep 9 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio, Genesee County District Attorney Lawrence Friedman and Genesee County Sheriff Gary Maha, issued a joint bulletin stating that Michael Puzan, of Warsaw, New...
N.Y. Man Arrested for Fraudulent Claim in Home Fire
Jul 14 2003 // New York Superintendent Gregory Serio announced that Samuel Gardner, 41, of Kent, New York, was arrested and charged with Insurance Fraud, Arson and Attempted Grand Larceny. On July 28, 2002 Mr. Gardner’s home was...
N.Y. Dept. Arrests Liverpool Man for Arson in Syracuse Building Fire
Jun 20 2003 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced that David W. Jones of Liverpool, New York, was arrested and charged with Arson in the third degree and Insurance fraud in the second degree. It is alleged that...
N.Y. Man Arrested on Arson Charge
May 13 2003 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced that Richard J. Turkow of Binghamton, New York, was arrested last week and charged with Arson in the third degree and Insurance Fraud in the third degree. It is...
Houston Man Arrested for Arson in SUV Ins. Scam
Feb 28 2003 // A northwest Houston man, who allegedly burned a sport utility vehicle belonging to family members in order to collect $35,000 in insurance proceeds, was arrested and charged after an investigation by Harris County fire...
Warsaw NY Woman Receives Prison Sentence for Arson Insurance Fraud
Feb 6 2003 // The NYSID announced that Victoria Walczak, of Warsaw, New York, has received a 2 to 6 year prison sentence from the Genesee County Court for arson. She was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $32,943.57 to two...
INSURER ARSON REPORTING AND IMMUNITY LAWS COMPENDIUM UPDATED
Nov 11 2002 // The Insurance Committee for Arson Control (ICAC) a non-profit insurance industry organization dedicated to arson control, has brought a 20-year old compendium of state arson reporting laws into the digital age of...
Woman Charged with 40 Counts of Ins. Fraud, Theft, Arson
Nov 11 2002 // Marcia Johnson, 42 , of Alpine, Calif., recently pleaded not guilty to charges of insurance fraud, burglary, grand theft, theft from an elder and arson, in the case of a 71-year-old missing man, according to the Inland...
Insurer Arson Reporting and Immunity Laws Compendium Updated
Oct 23 2002 // The Insurance Committee for Arson Control (ICAC) a non-profit insurance industry organization dedicated to arson control, has brought a 20-year old compendium of state arson reporting laws into the digital age of...
Woman Charged with 40 Counts of Ins. Fraud, Theft, Arson
Oct 18 2002 // Marcia Johnson, 42 , of Alpine, recently pleaded not guilty to charges of insurance fraud, burglary, grand theft, theft from an elder and arson, in the case of a 71-year-old missing man, according to the Inland Valley...
N.Y. Man Charged with Fraudulent Claim on House Fire
Oct 2 2002 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced that Larry Dornburgh of Roseboom, N.Y. had been arrested and charged with two counts of insurance fraud. Dornburgh allegedly attempted to defraud both Utica...
Calif Men Arrested for Alleged Fraud, Arson
Aug 2 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested two men on insurance fraud and arson charges. Emmanuel Benavides Torres, 25, and Oscar Gomez...
ICAC Announces Availability of Arson Update Newsletter
Aug 1 2002 // The Insurance Committee for Arson Control, a non-profit insurance industry organization dedicated to arson control, has created a news/investigation resources electronic newsletter—the ICAC Arson Update. Its first...
Pa. Man Arrested for Arson; Blamed Dog for Firre
May 13 2002 // According to a report from the Associated Press, police have arrested 37-year old Michael Boltz of Lebanon Pa. on charges of deliberately setting fire to his house, and falsely blaming it on his dog, in order to obtain a...
