Arson

Wildfire Near Historic Mining Town Nearly Triples In Size

AP | Posted 05.17.2012

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CROWN KING, Ariz. (AP) — Strong wind gusts will likely keep spreading a wildfire that has grown to nearly 10 square miles and prompted the evacuatio...

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Officials Rule On Coral Gables Travel Agency Fire

AP | CHRISTINE ARMARIO | Posted 05.14.2012

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CORAL GABLES, Fla. -- A blaze last month that scorched the offices of a Cuba travel agency in Miami was deliberately set, fire investigators say, one ...

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Woman Sentenced For Setting Home On Fire With Foreclosure Notice

AP | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Foreclosure, Arson, Set Fire With Foreclosure Notice, Foreclosure Notice Arson, Eve Shreve, Crime News

CORRY, Pa. -- A northwestern Pennsylvania woman will spend 10 years on probation for attempting suicide by setting fire to her home with a foreclosure...

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Woman Admits Killing Kids When Burning Boyfriend's Photos

AP | Posted 04.16.2012

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ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- An upstate New York woman charged with arson and manslaughter in connection with a fire that killed four of her children reportedly...

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Arson On The Rise In Flint

MLive | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Detroit Crime, Arson, Detroit News

FLINT, MI -- The houses on each side of Carl Pollard's Mallery Street home have been vacant for years. Pollard worries that one of those houses suf...

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Upset Over Breakup, Mom Fatally Beat Daughter, Killed Herself

AP | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Mom Beat Daughter Over Breakup, Pennsylvania, Donna Evans, Arson, Madison Evans, Mom Kills Daughter, Mom Beat Daughter, Crime News

ROBESONIA, Pa. -- Police in eastern Pennsylvania say a mother fatally bludgeoned her 11-year-old daughter before setting fire to their house and killi...

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Groom Sentenced After Setting Fire To His Own Wedding

Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Groom Arrested, Video, Arsonist, Max Kay Arson, Wedding on Fire, Max Kay Wedding, Arson Wedding, Wedding Arson, Arson, Groom Arson, Max Kay, Weddings News

"Happily ever after" is being put on hold for Liverpool, England groom Max Kay, who was recently sentenced to six years in prison after deliberately s...

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WATCH: Arsonist Accidentally Sets Himself On Fire

Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Michael Morgan Arsonist, Michael Morgan, Arsonist Sets Himself on Fire, Video, Arsonist, Arson, The Club Fire, World News

While attempting to set a pub on fire, an arsonist accidentally set his clothes ablaze before riding away from the scene on his bicycle. In Augus...

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Board Has No Mercy For Arsonist's 'Man In Red' Theory

AP | ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Ohio Crime, Video, Arson, Michael Webb Death Row, Michael Webb, Ohio Dept. Of Rehabilitation and Corrections, Michael Webb Arson, Ohio, Crime News

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A death row inmate's theory that a mysterious "man in red" could have started the arson fire that killed his 3-year-old son is...

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Firefighters Save Family, Christmas After Suspected Arsonist Burns Home

Posted 01.06.2012

Read More: James O'Neal, Video, Arsonist, Kameron Williams, New York City Fire Department, Oklahoma, Arson, Tulsa Fire Department, Sean Hickey, Tulsa, Firefighter, Impact News

It was anything but a happy new year for one Oklahoma family. An arsonist is believed to have set fire to Stephanie Jackson's home in Tulsa, Okla.,...

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Darkness Shrouds Arson in L.A., Killings in Tucson

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 03.05.2012

Read More: Privacy Laws, President Obama, Gun-Control, Harry Burkhart, Jared Loughner, Arson, Harry Burkhart LA Arson, Harry Burkhart Arson, Mental Illness Stigma, Mental Illness Violence, Politics News

I wonder why it is that we would "like" to associate violent crime with mental illness. Is it because we do not want to face the possibility that any "normal" person is capable of a heinous act?

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'Person Of Interest' Detained In LA Car Arson Case

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 03.03.2012

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LOS ANGELES — Authorities arrested a German man Monday in connection with dozens of suspected arson attacks that destroyed parked cars, scorched...

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15-Year-Old Charged In Fire That Killed Family

AP | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: New York Crime, Arson, Murder Trial, Monroe County, Teen Crime, Michael Pilato, Video, High School News

WEBSTER, N.Y. — Authorities say a 15-year-old boy accused of setting fire to his home in upstate New York, killing his father and two brothers, ...

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Long Sentence for Man Who Burned Down Black Church After Obama Election

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 12.23.2011

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A Massachusetts man convicted of burning down a black church out of anger over the election of President Barack Obama was sentenced to nearly 14 years...

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Cops: Teen Set Fire That Killed Dad, Two Brothers

AP | BEN DOBBIN | Posted 02.06.2012

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WEBSTER, N.Y. — A 15-year-old boy poured gasoline throughout his home and set it ablaze early Wednesday, killing his adoptive father and two bro...

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Sharon Hinojosa Sentenced: Michigan Mother Convicted Of Killing Kids Gets Life

AP | By ED WHITE | Posted 12.01.2011

Read More: Sharon Hinojosa, Sharon Hinojosa Murder, Life in Prison, Child Abuse, Arson, Huron Township, Child Death, Detroit News

DETROIT -- Calling it a "horrendous" crime, a judge sentenced a Detroit-area mother to life in prison Wednesday for setting a fire that trapped and ki...

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Why the GLBT Community Gets Burned

Phillip M. Miner | Posted 01.09.2012

Read More: Hate Crimes, Arson, Arson Attacks, Lgbt, Gay Hate Crimes, Anti-Lgbt Arson, Anti-Gay Arson, Anti-Gay Arson Attacks, Anti-Lgbt Arson Attacks, Anti-Gay Hate Crimes, Gay Voices News

Attacks involving arson are wrought with meaning; the offender wants there to be no doubt that this violence was intentional. In the case of hate crimes, it's a warning: this is what happens when you are gay.

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Cops: Facebook Unfriending Drives Woman To Arson

Posted 01.03.2012

Read More: Iowa, Iowa Crime, Jennifer Christine Harris, Unfriend, Facebook Arson, Video, Dumb Crime, Jennifer Harris, Facebook Feud, Des Moines, Arson, Facebook, Unfriending, Facebook Crime, Crime News

Authorities in Iowa say a 30-year-old woman attempted to burn down a couple's house last week in retaliation for being unfriended on Facebook. Jenn...

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Texas Commission's Decision On Arson Cases Could Cause Headache For Perry

AP | By WILL WEISSERT | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Texas Death Penalty, Texas Capital Punishment, Texas Arson, Capital Punishment, Cameron Todd Willingham, Rick Perry Death Penalty, Rick Perry, Texas, Video, Forensic Science, Forensic Evidence, Rick Perry 2012, Death Penalty, Arson, Texas Forensic Science Commission, Greg Abbott, Rick Perry Capital Punishment, Politics News

AUSTIN, Texas -- A Texas commission no longer allowed to investigate a case where death penalty opponents say a man may have been executed based on a ...

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Man Tries To Turn Feces Into Gold, Ends Up In Jail

Posted 12.21.2011

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The plan was to s!@# bricks -- gold bricks. Paul Moran hatched a scheme to get rich quick by turning his own feces into gold, according to authorit...

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Police: Man Splashed Woman And Child With Liquid, Then Set Them On Fire

WHTM | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Lebanon, Arson, Pennsylvania, Bethel Township, Crime, Crime News, Louis Torres, Crime News

BETHEL TOWNSHIP, Pa. - State police said a Lebanon County man splashed a woman and child with an ignitable liquid before setting them on fire. ...

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WATCH: Berlin Experiences Surge Of Mysterious Arson Attacks On Cars

AP | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Berlin Car Arson Attacks, Video, Car Arson Attacks, Automobiles, Berlin Germany, Vandalism, Arson, Berlin, World News

BERLIN (AP) -- Berlin police say a new spate of arson attacks on cars in the German capital is continuing into a second week despite their efforts to ...

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'He Could Kill Somebody And Not Even Think About It'

AP | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Murder, Relatives, New York Crime, Grand Jury, White Creek, He Could Kill Somebody and Not Even Think About It, Arson, Fire, Evidence, John Ogden, Cambridge, Matthew Slocum, New York, Crime News

CAMBRIDGE, N.Y. -- A police investigator says an upstate New York man accused of killing three relatives told him he shot them before setting fire to ...

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Oregon Mom Captured Smiling On Camera Before Grisly Death

AP | By JEFF BARNARD | Posted 09.19.2011

Read More: Surveillance Video, Tabasha Paige-Criado, Jordan Adam Criado, Family Killed, Medford, Arson, Fire, Oregon, Crime News

MEDFORD, Ore. -- Just hours before her death, Tabasha Paige-Criado looked like she didn't have a care in the world. A surveillance video shows her sm...

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Bookstore Bomber Lawless Charged With Arson

Reuters | By Keith Coffman | Posted 09.04.2011

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DENVER (Reuters) - A man suspected of planting four homemade bombs at a suburban Denver mall and hotel last weekend has been charged with arson, f...

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