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Nebraska Dry Cleaner Owner Faces Arson, Insurance Fraud Charges

The owner of a Nebraska dry cleaning business that burned following an explosion last year has been charged with arson and insurance fraud. The Sarpy County Attorney’s Office says in news release that 53-year-old Michael McKernan, owner of the Wardrobe …

Tennessee Fire Captain Arrested for Setting Own Home on Fire

Tennessee investigators say a captain with Nashville’s fire department was arrested on arson and insurance fraud charges for setting his home on fire on purpose. According to a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation news release, Jeffrey Neely of the Metro-Nashville Fire …

Indiana Mans Gets 2 Life Sentences in Deadly House Blast

A judge sentenced an Indianapolis man to more than two life sentences in prison for his role in a 2012 house explosion that killed two people and destroyed or damaged dozens of homes in a scheme to collect insurance money. …