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Man indicted on claim he set fiancee's home ablaze

Wed, 22 May 2013 16:01:59 -0400

DALLAS - A grand jury has indicted a North Texas man who authorities say threatened his fiancee with a handgun and then set her home on fire during a police standoff.

W.Va. firefighter, son face arson charges

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:06:35 -0400

MOUNT LOOKOUT, West Virginia - A volunteer firefighter and his son face charges of setting a string of fires in Nicholas County.

Life sentence sought for W.Va. police lot arsonist

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:59:44 -0400

LEWISBURG, West Virginia - Greenbrier County's prosecutor is seeking a life sentence for a man convicted of torching several vehicles at a West Virginia State Police barracks.

Man pleads not guilty to Vt. auto dealership fire

Tue, 21 May 2013 07:54:05 -0400

BURLINGTON, Vermont - A man arrested in connection with a fire set at a car dealership in Pittsford, Vermont, in July 2011 has pleaded not guilty to a federal arson charge.

Monroe Township house fire case of arson

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:01:13 -0400

MONROE TOWNSHIP, New Jersey - Investigators say a fire that damaged a home in Monroe Township was deliberately set.

Man accused of setting church fire during service

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:05:22 -0400

NEW ORLEANS - New Orleans Fire Department Superintendent Charles Parent says that when a man set fire to church doors during a service, some churchgoers put out the fire and others followed the man until police arrested him.

2 charged with attempted murder in Vt. house fire

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:12:28 -0400

MORRISTOWN, Vermont - A woman who wanted to get back at her neighbors for allegedly turning her in the state welfare officials has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly setting fire to their trailer while they were in it, Morristown police said.

2 arrested in Las Vegas killing, related fire

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:53:09 -0400

LAS VEGAS, New Mexico - Two Las Vegas men sought in a homicide and related fire in the northern New Mexico city have been arrested in Albuquerque.

Man charged with setting fires at Md. apartment

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:50:54 -0400

BEL AIR, Maryland - Maryland fire investigators have charged a Harford County man with setting two fires at a woman's Bel Air apartment after an argument.

N. Calif. woman suspected of sparking wildfire

Mon, 20 May 2013 01:05:16 -0400

MARTINEZ, California - Police say they have arrested a woman they say took a lighter to a hillside in the San Francisco Bay Area and sparked a brush fire.

5 vehicles set afire in Columbus historic district

Sun, 19 May 2013 11:56:10 -0400

COLUMBUS, Georgia - Columbus officials are investigating the burning of five vehicles in the city's historic district.

Ex-Compton firefighter pleads not guilty to arson

Sat, 18 May 2013 15:46:35 -0400

COMPTON, California - Marcel Melanson was one of this hardscrabble Southern California suburb's heroes, a reality TV star hailed for his dedicated and sometimes dangerous work for the Compton Fire Department.

Store owner's insurance fraud trial goes to jury

Sat, 18 May 2013 13:59:06 -0400

DARLINGTON, South Carolina - A jury is getting ready to decide the fate of a Hartsville store owner accused of faking an assault and setting fire to her own store to get insurance money.

Charges filed against man in Nevada killing spree

Fri, 17 May 2013 20:08:37 -0400

The killings of an elderly couple shot dead in their northern Nevada home ahead of Mother's Day apparently went unnoticed until days later, after the 25-year-old suspect had also killed a newspaper deliveryman and another couple nearby, charging documents allege.

DA to retry Central Texas man in deadly '86 fire

Fri, 17 May 2013 17:53:08 -0400

WACO, Texas - Prosecutors plan to retry a Central Texas man whose 25-year-old conviction for setting a fire that killed his two young stepsons was set aside due to issues raised later with the science used to find him guilty.

2 linked to E. Shore arsons competent for trial

Fri, 17 May 2013 14:47:50 -0400

ACCOMAC, Virginia - Two people suspected of setting a string of fires on Virginia's Eastern Shore have been found competent to stand trial.

Mom, daughter charged with burning Stratford home

Fri, 17 May 2013 09:34:18 -0400

STRATFORD, Connecticut - A mother and daughter have been charged with setting a fire that heavily damaged the older woman's home in Stratford.

Former Compton firefighter arrested in arson

Fri, 17 May 2013 00:22:23 -0400

LOS ANGELES - A former Compton firefighter who once appeared on a reality television show has been arrested on suspicion of grand theft and of trying to set his fire department's headquarters ablaze to destroy evidence.

Man arrested in W.Va. in Kentucky death case

Thu, 16 May 2013 19:35:07 -0400

ASHLAND, Kentucky - An Ashland man has been charged in connection with a murder case involving a man whose remains were found after he had been missing last month.

Helena man faces arson charges for wildfires

Thu, 16 May 2013 17:32:49 -0400

HELENA, Montana - A man who helped fight suspicious fires in the Helena area, even though he was not a member of the responding fire departments, was charged Thursday with setting a dozen fires.

Greek police arrest 2 accused of racist abuse

Thu, 16 May 2013 13:01:37 -0400

ATHENS, Greece - Police on Thursday arrested two Greek men on suspicion of attacking a Cameroonian national and setting fire to his coffee bar in a central Athens neighborhood that has become a flashpoint for racist violence.

2 men charged with arson in Emmett church fires

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:10:30 -0400

EMMETT, Idaho - The prosecutor in Gem County has filed first-degree arson charges against two men, each with extensive criminal histories, for allegedly breaking into and setting fire to a pair of Emmett churches last month.

Northampton man gets up to 20 years for fatal fire

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:37:26 -0400

NORTHAMPTON, Massachusetts - The Northampton man responsible for a one-night arson spree that left two people dead and had the entire city on edge has been sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.

Family denied peace order after arson

Wed, 15 May 2013 07:53:13 -0400

DELMAR, Maryland - A Maryland judge has denied a peace order for a Wicomico County family whose landlord is charged with burning their home.

Purvis man faces murder charge

Wed, 15 May 2013 05:49:21 -0400

PURVIS, Mississippi - A 36-year-old Purvis man has been charged with murder and first-degree arson following a fatal house fire Monday night.