All the headlines from our Arson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 28 2003 // A northwest Houston man, who allegedly burned a sport utility vehicle belonging to family members in order to collect $35,000 in insurance proceeds, was arrested and charged after an investigation by Harris County fire...
Feb 6 2003 // The NYSID announced that Victoria Walczak, of Warsaw, New York, has received a 2 to 6 year prison sentence from the Genesee County Court for arson. She was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $32,943.57 to two...
Nov 11 2002 // The Insurance Committee for Arson Control (ICAC) a non-profit insurance industry organization dedicated to arson control, has brought a 20-year old compendium of state arson reporting laws into the digital age of...
Nov 11 2002 // Marcia Johnson, 42 , of Alpine, Calif., recently pleaded not guilty to charges of insurance fraud, burglary, grand theft, theft from an elder and arson, in the case of a 71-year-old missing man, according to the Inland...
Oct 23 2002 // The Insurance Committee for Arson Control (ICAC) a non-profit insurance industry organization dedicated to arson control, has brought a 20-year old compendium of state arson reporting laws into the digital age of...
Oct 18 2002 // Marcia Johnson, 42 , of Alpine, recently pleaded not guilty to charges of insurance fraud, burglary, grand theft, theft from an elder and arson, in the case of a 71-year-old missing man, according to the Inland Valley...
Oct 2 2002 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced that Larry Dornburgh of Roseboom, N.Y. had been arrested and charged with two counts of insurance fraud. Dornburgh allegedly attempted to defraud both Utica...
Aug 2 2002 // Investigators with the California Department of Insurance (CDI) Criminal Investigations Branch’s Fraud Division arrested two men on insurance fraud and arson charges.Emmanuel Benavides Torres, 25, and Oscar Gomez...
Aug 1 2002 // The Insurance Committee for Arson Control, a non-profit insurance industry organization dedicated to arson control, has created a news/investigation resources electronic newsletter—the ICAC Arson Update. Its first...
May 13 2002 // According to a report from the Associated Press, police have arrested 37-year old Michael Boltz of Lebanon Pa. on charges of deliberately setting fire to his house, and falsely blaming it on his dog, in order to obtain a...
Apr 15 2002 // Hollywood, Calif., residents Juan Ortiz, 44, and Joseph Lewellen, 67, were charged with first-degree murder, arson, and insurance fraud due to a fire purportedly set by the pair at the Palomar Hotel in Hollywood, according...
Mar 12 2002 // Hollywood, Calif., residents Juan Ortiz, 44, and Joseph Lewellen, 67, were charged with first-degree murder, arson, and insurance fraud due to a fire purportedly set by the pair at the Palomar Hotel in Hollywood according...
Jan 19 2001 // Michigan Gov. John Engler recently signed several bills that would help crack down on auto arson, improve young driver training and prohibit passengers riding in open pickup truck beds on the highway. Of special note is...