Latest Arson Headlines
All the headlines from our Arson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Louisiana Man Charged with Arson, Conspiracy
Sep 21 2009 // Fire investigators have arrested a Louisiana man on charges of arson with intent to defraud, conspiracy to commit arson with intent to defraud and filing a false police report. Lafayette Fire Department officials say the...
California Boy Charged In Second Fire
Sep 18 2009 // Authorities say they believe a 13-year-old boy set a 2,100-acre (850-hectare) wildfire last month in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Los Angeles, a fire that burned alongside the huge Station fire. Los Angeles County...
California Wildfire Called Arson
Sep 4 2009 // As of early Friday morning, the Station wildfire that is burning through the hills above Los Angeles was about 40 percent contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Prevention. Fire officials...
Weekend Arson Fires Keep Upstate New York Firefighters Busy
Jul 22 2009 // Authorities are investigating a spate of weekend arson fires in Buffalo, including five set in vacant homes. Six fires occurred early Sunday morning on the city’s east side, with the first reported around midnight in...
Pittsburgh Police Probe Sixth Arson 2 Weeks
Jun 23 2009 // Police and fire investigators say a sixth arson has been reported in Pittsburgh’s Sheraden neighborhood. Police have no suspects in any of the fires, which have occurred in about the last two weeks. The latest fire...
Arson Guts Maine Topless Coffee Shop
Jun 5 2009 // A deliberately set fire destroyed a topless coffee shop in Vassalboro, Maine early Wednesday, just hours after the owner talked with local officials about making the business more like a strip club, investigators said. The...
Western Pennsylvania Town Tackles Arson Rampage on Vacant Homes
May 28 2009 // A western Pennsylvania town is trying to find an arsonist who has set at least 35 vacant structures on fire in the past 18 months. New Castle Fire Chief Thomas Maciarello says 90 percent of the fires have been in the same...
Historic Pennsylvania Inn Destroyed by Arson
May 22 2009 // A historic south-central Pennsylvania inn has been destroyed by arson. The fire began at about 2:30 a.m. Tuesday at the 181-year-old Amity Hall Inn in Watts Township, Perry County, which is a little over 100 miles...
Man Charged with Setting Fires in Delaware Development
Apr 28 2009 // A 33-year-old man faces arson charges for allegedly setting fire to two model homes in a new development outside Milton, Delaware State fire marshals arrested Victor Rodriguez of Milton. No one was injured in the fires,...
Oklahoma Senate Votes to Lengthen Statute of Limitations for Arson
Apr 10 2009 // The Oklahoma Senate has approved by unanimous vote a measure that would lengthen the statute of limitations for prosecuting felony arson cases. Sen. Jay Paul Gumm, co-author of House Bill 1088, said that improved...
Pennsylvania Officials Say New Fire is Not Part of Arson String
Mar 17 2009 // Fire has struck in the Coatesville, Pennsylvania area again, but officials says it’s not believed to be connected to the recent string of arsons in that area. The fire erupted just after midnight Monday in what is...
Arson in Southeast Pennsylvania Reignites Fears
Mar 16 2009 // Authorities say there has been another arson in the suburban Philadelphia city of Coatesville. The 1:30 a.m. blaze struck two homes on East Valley Road in the city, and firefighters say they were badly damaged. John...
Ex-Georgia Pastor, Son Face Arson, Insurance Fraud Charges
Feb 13 2009 // A former Barrow County pastor and his son have been charged with arson for setting fire to a church three years ago. Barrow County sheriff’s deputies arrested 49-year-old Quincy Arnold of Lawrenceville Tuesday....
Michigan Man’s Alleged Insurance Arson Leads to Murder Charge
Feb 13 2009 // A Detroit man faces first-degree murder and arson charges in the 2004 deaths of two men he had hired to burn down a building he owned in south central Michigan. Attorney General Mike Cox says 57-year-old Musaid Ahmed Saeed...
Pennsylvania Woman Who Sang about Fire Charged with 7 Arsons
Feb 13 2009 // Police in a Philadelphia suburb say a 19-year-old woman accused of arson was caught on a surveillance camera singing, “The fire department is going to be mad at me.” Police say Amanda Gessner touched off 7...
Twenty-Third Arson of 2009 Declared in Southeast Pennsylvania
Feb 10 2009 // Investigators have declared a 23rd arson in a part of southeastern Pennsylvania that has been plagued by suspicious fires this year. The latest blaze happened in a trailer home just outside Coatesville late Friday night....
Cops Check 4 More Fires in Arson-Plagued Pennsylvania Area
Feb 2 2009 // Authorities said four arson fires reported Saturday “share a commonality” with other intentionally set blazes that have plagued this area outside Philadelphia, but they would not say if they were connected. The...
North Carolina Town Forms Arson Task Force to Probe 22 Fires
Jan 29 2009 // A North Carolina town has formed an arson task force to investigates a rash of 22 suspicious structure fires that have broken out since last year. The Daily Dispatch of Henderson reported there were 17 suspicious fires...
Latest Pennsylvania Fire Claims 15 Houses; Arson Suspected
Jan 27 2009 // The latest in a string of suspicious fires in this suburban Philadelphia city tore through a block of row houses, heavily damaging 15 homes, displacing dozens of people and prompting local officials to declare a state of...
FBI Reports Drop in Crime Including Property Crimes and Arson
Jan 25 2009 // The nation experienced a 3.5 percent decline in violent crime and a 2.5 percent decline in property crime for the first six months of 2008, according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Violent crime was down in all...
