All the headlines from our Arson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 30 2019 // A Florida man believed to be responsible for multiple fires in the Umatilla area of Lake County, Fla., has been arrested, according to a statement by Florida CFO Jimmy Patronis.James Anthony Bennett was arrested this month...
Apr 26 2019 // A small fire has been extinguished at a Pennsylvania church that was severely damaged earlier this week by another blaze that authorities say was deliberately set. The latest fire at Iglesia Pentecostal de Bethlehem was...
Apr 16 2019 // The white man suspected in the burning of three African American churches in Louisiana will remain in jail, denied bond Monday by a judge, as state prosecutors added new charges declaring the arsons a hate...
Apr 11 2019 // A Texas grand jury on April 10 indicted chemicals manufacturer Arkema North America and one of its executives on assault charges, alleging they underplayed the dangers of a fire that injured two emergency workers called to...
Feb 20 2019 // A volunteer firefighter from Nicholls, Ga., was arrested and charged with three counts of arson after a fire at a wood structure in Alma, Ga., according to a statement from the Georgia Department of Insurance...
Feb 8 2019 // Five former volunteer fighters in West Virginia have been charged with arson following a two-year investigation by the state fire marshal’s office.The office says in a news release that the former Cabell County...
Oct 31 2018 // A resident of Richardson, Texas, who recognized a suspected arsonist from a television news report has been awarded a $500 check for his call that will lead to the arrests of three suspects in the fire of the Owens Sausage...
Oct 15 2018 // Investigators say a fire at a northeast Mississippi furniture plant last month was arson.Pontotoc Police Chief Randy Tutor told local news outlets that officers worked with the state Fire Marshal and the U.S. Bureau of...
Oct 11 2018 // Authorities say an arsonist caused an explosion and fire at a dry cleaning business in Omaha, Nebraska. The Nebraska State Fire Marshal Agency said in a news release Wednesday that investigators discovered evidence of...
Oct 1 2018 // Investigators say a Wednesday fire at a northeast Mississippi furniture plant was arson.Pontotoc Police Chief Randy Tutor told local news outlets Friday that officers worked with the state Fire Marshal and the U.S. Bureau...
Aug 31 2018 // A Delaware teen is accused of starting a fire at a Family Dollar store that caused an estimated $3 million in damages.Harry Miller with the State Fire Marshal’s Office tells news outlets that the 16-year-old boy was...
Jul 26 2018 // A Dallas woman with a history of filing 31 insurance claims against a dozen companies got burned when one turned out to be arson, the Texas Department of Insurance announced earlier this month.Genevieve Thompson was...
Jul 12 2018 // Authorities have arrested 10 North Carolina volunteer firefighters and accused them of setting fire to abandoned buildings and woods over a year and a half.News outlets report Robeson County Sheriff Ken Sealey said in a...
Jun 5 2018 // A Florida man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in an arson insurance fraud scheme that spanned multiple Florida counties and was ordered to pay $1.9 million towards restitution to the more than 14...
Jun 1 2018 // A California family was arraigned on Thursday on more than 30 counts of fraud and arson.Tyler Chen, 46, and his wife, Kim, 45, were arraigned in the Santa Clara County Superior Court following their arrest on multiple...
May 22 2018 // Three additional people have been arrested for their various roles in an arson-for-profit scheme that took place over 7 years in three Florida counties, according to a statement from Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and State...
May 17 2018 // A western Indiana man has been sentenced to 90 years in prison after being convicted of setting fires that destroyed one covered bridge and damaged another.Jesse Payne was sentenced Monday, a month after a Parke County...
May 3 2018 // A suspended North Carolina volunteer fire chief has been arrested on felony insurance fraud and embezzlement charges, according to a statement from the North Carolina Department of Insurance.Kenan Wayne Kearney, 44, of...
Apr 23 2018 // Authorities are investigating the possibility of arson in connection with one of two large wildfires burning in Oklahoma, a blaze that’s resulted in the death of one person.Dewey County Sheriff Clay Sander said that...
Apr 10 2018 // An Arkansas woman has been arrested on multiple felony charges related to arson and insurance fraud, the state department of insurance reported.The Arkansas Insurance Department said Kittie Louise Payton, 55, of Little...