All the headlines from our Arson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 12 2013 // A 74-year-old West Michigan landlord convicted of arson and other charges in a case involving insurance fraud has been sentenced to 55 years in prison. A federal court jury in Grand Rapids earlier this year convicted...
Nov 11 2013 // A Broken Arrow, Okla. man has pleaded guilty to a federal mail fraud charge that authorities say is related to an alleged arson at an east Tulsa self-storage facility.The Tulsa World reported that a plea agreement has been...
Nov 1 2013 // A federal judge has ordered no bail for a southwest Missouri man suspected of setting fires at a Planned Parenthood facility and an area mosque.U.S. Magistrate Judge James England on Monday ordered Jedediah Stout, 30, to...
Oct 23 2013 // A new review by the Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office of old arson cases that might have relied on bad science has so far discovered three questionable convictions.But the effort has also drawn criticism from a West...
Oct 9 2013 // Investigators say someone tried for the second time to start a fire at a Joplin, Mo., Planned Parenthood clinic.The Oct. 4 nighttime fire caused minor damage before a police officer was able to put out the blaze. During an...
Oct 8 2013 // Investigators say they’re looking into a failed arson attempt at a southwest Missouri Planned Parenthood clinic after a bag containing incendiary material was found on the roof.Surveillance video from the facility in...
Oct 1 2013 // Six people have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Missouri for their roles in an arson and insurance fraud conspiracy, Tammy Dickinson, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced.One of the...
Aug 12 2013 // A federal judge has sentenced a 55-year-old central New York man to more than 18 years in prison for his role in the arson of a factory building he co-owned and the subsequent $4.2 million insurance claim. U.S. District...
Jul 25 2013 // Police have arrested a Central Oregon man accused of starting a wildfire that burned a Klamath County cabin and forced the temporary evacuation of about 120 homes.Kelly Parker, 30, of La Pine pleaded not guilty Tuesday...
Jul 12 2013 // A woman accused of igniting a deadly bakery fire in Gretna, La., last month is facing murder charges after authorities said she torched her business in a scheme to collect insurance proceeds.Authorities say Lesly Martinez,...
May 21 2013 // A mother and daughter have been charged with setting a fire that heavily damaged the older woman’s home in Stratford, Conn.Police tell the Connecticut Post they became suspicious after finding valuables and all the...
Apr 12 2013 // An insurance company says more than a dozen people operated an arson-for-profit ring in Flint, Mich., that collected more than $2 million over two decades.The Flint Journal reports State Farm Insurance says in a lawsuit in...
Mar 29 2013 // A Texas man convicted of setting a fire that killed his two stepsons was granted a new trial by the state’s highest criminal court, which sided with experts who question the fire investigation used to convict him.Ed...
Mar 25 2013 // Ed Graf was given life in prison 25 years ago for killing his two stepsons by locking them in a backyard shed and setting it on fire. Two investigators used photos of the shed’s remains to persuade jurors that Graf...
Feb 6 2013 // Harrison County supervisors have voted to allow American Medical Response to send a separate bill to patients when city and county fire departments respond to emergency medical calls. However, a representative from AMR...
Dec 17 2012 // Convicted arsonists in Ohio would be required to register with local sheriffs under a bill headed to the governor’s desk.Gov. John Kasich plans to sign it. The legislation creates a statewide registry of arsonists...
Dec 3 2012 // Convicted arsonists in Ohio would be required to register with local sheriffs under a bill headed to the governor’s desk.The Ohio House voted 89-2 on Nov. 28 to send the measure to Gov. John Kasich. The legislation...
Nov 7 2012 // An insurance company is asking a federal judge in Cheyenne to delay a lawsuit over a disputed insurance claim in a 2010 fire that destroyed a landmark Wyoming hotel. National Security Corp. has asked U.S. District Judge...
Nov 1 2012 // A Duluth, Minn., building contractor convicted of vandalizing a client’s duplex over a billing fight has been sentenced to almost seven years in prison.A jury convicted 35-year-old Adam Leroy Seavey of first-degree...
Sep 14 2012 // The wife of a South Carolina Highway Patrol trooper has been charged with setting her home on fire and lying to officials.Paula L. Rose has been charged with third-degree arson for a fire at her home in July. Rose also is...