All the headlines from our Arson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 30 2016 // An insurance company that paid more than $2.8 million in claims after an arson fire damaged an historic Memphis music recording studio has now accused a rock music label company of fraud and wants its money back. The...
Oct 28 2016 // Police and fire investigators say a string of fires in Norwich, Conn., recently appear to be arson and are looking for the person or people responsible.The latest blaze occurred Monday night at the former YMCA building on...
Oct 27 2016 // Authorities from several agencies are investigating a higher-than-expected number of arson fires in Topeka.The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that 57 blazes have been intentionally set this year. That’s about 21 more...
Sep 27 2016 // Police in Helena-West Helena, Ark., say six separate fires that caused about $120,000 in property damage are being investigated as arson.The first occurred on Friday close to a public housing development where firefighters...
Sep 23 2016 // A 19-year-old has been charged with setting his former New Jersey home ablaze, leaving four firefighters hurt, three buildings destroyed and 20 residents displaced. The Jersey Journal reports a criminal complaint says...
Sep 16 2016 // An ex-convict who posted anti-Islamic rants online confessed to setting fire to a mosque that the Orlando nightclub shooter occasionally attended, and said he was embarrassed by the crime, according to an arrest affidavit...
Aug 25 2016 // East Providence, R.I., police and the Rhode Island State Fire Marshal’s Office are offering a $5,000 reward for information that leads to the conviction of whoever was responsible for two arson fires last month.Det....
Aug 23 2016 // State authorities and forest officials say at least 14 wildfires that have erupted across central Oregon over the last three weeks are believed to have been intentionally started. Officials did not release details on which...
Aug 19 2016 // A central Alabama firefighter is charged with setting a fire in an Elmore County community that’s been plagued by a string of suspicious blazes.WSFA-TV reports that 28-year-old Chad Ellis of Deatsville was arrested...
Aug 11 2016 // Authorities have charged the owner of a Watford City, N.D., restaurant and an employee with torching the business to collect insurance money.Owner Anna Marquardt, 37, and employee Lisa Stoll, 28, face felony arson and...
Aug 3 2016 // Machinery located at three oil pipeline construction sites in central Iowa was found extensively damaged by fire on Aug. 1 in what the company building the pipeline called a shameful act.There’s little doubt the...
Jul 29 2016 // A fire that caused heavy damage to the historic courthouse in Macon County, Georgia, is being investigated as a case of arson. WSFA reports that that the Macon County Sheriff’s Office believes the July 9 fire was...
Jul 25 2016 // A 33-year-old Raceland, La., man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to arson in a fire that destroyed three homes last summer in Gheens.The Daily Comet reports Treiston Pierron pleaded guilty to...
Jul 15 2016 // Police say a potato stuffed into a vehicle’s tailpipe helped lead them to a 19-year-old Connecticut stripper who’s now charged with setting fire to a business in a dispute over money. Willow Martin, of...
Jun 29 2016 // Authorities say the Detroit fire department responded to a string of 17 suspected arson fires that burned over a roughly 12-hour period.Chief of Arson Patrick McNulty tells the Detroit Free Press the first fire was...
Jun 23 2016 // An Independence, Mo., woman was sentenced to 31/2 years in prison without parole for an arson and insurance fraud scheme.Tina Shonk was also ordered to pay $242,717 in restitution to her victims and $62,364 to the...
Jun 8 2016 // Los Angeles County sheriff’s detectives in California are investigating a suspected arson attempt at the West Hollywood DASH clothing boutique owned by the Kardashian sisters.Lt. Edward Ramirez says a witness...
Jun 3 2016 // The owner of a construction company in Pascagoula has been sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring to set fire to his business.The Sun Herald reports a judge also fined 53-year-old Michael Eugene Slater and...
May 26 2016 // The Pennsylvania Insurance Department recently issued a notice to advise and remind insurers of their obligations under the state’s law in the reporting of suspected arson and insurance fraud.The department also said...
May 16 2016 // Authorities say a New Jersey diner owner has been charged with burning down the restaurant to collect insurance money.The New Jersey Herald reports that Tina Diakos was arrested and charged on May 13 with setting the March...