Harry Burkhart La Arson

Arson Suspect Due In Court

AP | GREG RISLING | Posted 03.25.2012

LOS ANGELES — A German man pleaded not guilty Tuesday to additional charges accusing him of setting nearly 50 fires, mostly to parked cars, whic...

WATCH: An Ode To Non-Fire Starting Germans

Posted 01.05.2012

German DJ Flula Borg is feeling really "embarrass" about the German-born man charged with lighting dozens of arson fires in Los Angeles. But Borg is n...

LA Arson Suspect Saved Clippings Of Past Fires

AP | GREG RISLING, MICHAEL R. BLOOD and DAVID RISING | Posted 03.06.2012

LOS ANGELES — Harry Burkhart's problems didn't start when he allegedly ignited more than 50 fires that terrorized Los Angeles last week. He's un...

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

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 03.05.2012

Robert David Jaffee

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?

Arson Suspect Also Under Investigation For Fire In Germany

AP | GREG RISLING, MICHAEL R. BLOOD and DAVID RISING | Posted 03.05.2012

LOS ANGELES — A German man was charged Wednesday with 37 counts of arson in connection with a rash of fires that terrorized Los Angeles over the...