Watch: Police Searching for Arsonist Who Set Stable on Fire, Killed Horse
PHILADELPHIA — ACCT Philly is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of the person responsible for setting a fire at a pop-up horse…
Beech Grove Arsonist Sentenced to 8 Years in Federal Prison for Amtrak and Greenwood Apartment Building Fires Causing Over $1 Million in Damage
INDIANAPOLIS – Casey Sage, 35, of Beech Grove, Indiana, was sentenced was sentenced to eight years in federal prison after pleading guilty to arson of a federal property and arson of property…
Sprinkler System Helps Investigators to Arsonist Who Robbed and Tried to Burn Apartment
LEXINGTON PARK, MD – A working sprinkler system inside a St. Mary’s apartment helped police and investigators solve a crime of burglary and arson. According to the Maryland Deputy State Fire Marshals,…
Arsonist Suspected in Last Week’s Fire At Target Arrested
DOVER, DE – A man who set a fire inside a Dover Target store in order to create a diversion to push a shopping cart full of items from the store has…
Clifton Police Say Arsonist Wearing Spiderman Mask Set Fire at Medical Building
CLIFTON, NJ – Police now suspect arson as the cause of a June 30th fire at a medical building on Clifton Avenue. At this time, police did not say if there any…
Police Arrest Alleged Arsonist in White Oak Avenue Dumpster Fires
CUMBERLAND, MD – Police were able to use nearby video surveillance to initiate an arrest of a man who set several dumpsters on fire in a business parking lot on White Oaks…
Fire Marshals Say Vehicle Fire in LaValle Caused by Arsonist
LaValle, MD – Witnesses reported a male suspect fleeing the scene of a vehicle fire on Thursday in LaValle and now fire marshals are investigating the incident as an arson investigation. Deputy…
Redding Man Pleads Guilty to Being Serial Arsonist in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Eric Michael Smith, 41, of Redding, pleaded guilty today to being a serial arsonist in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced. According to court documents,…
Arsonist Who Set Girlfriend on Fire Gets 25 to Life in Prison
BUFFALO, NY – On Monday, 34-year-old Frank J. Bredt, Jr. was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after being convicted for setting his girlfriend on fire and killing her inside…
Arsonist Found Guilty in Fire that Killed 80-year-old and disabled man
NEW YORK, NY (PRESS RELEASE) – Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz announced today that Kahj Woods, 20, has been found guilty at trial of two counts of manslaughter. The defendant set fire…
Arsonist Charged for Setting Multiple Fires Across Berlin Township
Berlin Township, N.J. – A Philadelphia man has been arrested and charged for setting multiple fires in one business and damaging multiple others during a string of burglaries in Berlin Township, announced…
Arsonist Burglar Gets 8 Years in Prison for Trying to Burn Down Apartment Building and Hotel
NEW YORK, NY – A man who pleaded guilty to arson last month was sentenced to 8 ½ years in prison on Thursday. Troy Phillip, 28, has been sentenced to after pleading…
Pacific Northwest Environmental Extremist and Arsonist Pleads Guilty
PORTLAND, Ore.—A Pacific Northwest environmental extremist, arsonist, and former fugitive pleaded guilty today in federal court for his role in two arson conspiracies targeting commercial and government-owned animal processing facilities in Oregon…
Convicted Arsonist Is Sentenced To Prison For Mailing Threatening Letters to A Witness
ASHEVILLE, N.C. – Clinton Douglas Cole, 55, of Caroleen, N.C., was sentenced to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release today, for mailing threatening letters to a witness, announced…
Camera friendly arsonist wanted for setting dumpster fire
TULSA, OK – Fire investigators with the Tulsa Fire Department need your help identifying the man in this video. He is seen vandalizing a business and setting a fire in a dumpster.…
Arsonist charged for Tuesday fire at Fort Lee high rise apartment building
Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced the arrest of Jay U. Freedman of 1265 15th Street, Apt. 8C, Fort Lee, NJ on a charge of Causing or Risking Widespread Injury or Damage.…
Egg Harbor arsonist pleads guilty to burning home with three people inside
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Egg Harbor Township, pled guilty before the Honorable Guy P. Ryan, J.S.C., to one count of Aggravated Arson – by purposely or knowingly placing another in danger of…
‘The Town Remembers’: Firefighters Quit After Convicted Arsonist Named Chief
Ten firefighters resigned from an Illinois fire department after a man once convicted of arson was named the department’s acting chief, The Washington Post reported. Jerame Simmons, the fire department’s assistant chief,…
Arsonist charged fir Sunday fire in Buckingham that killed 81-year-old man
BUCKINGHAM, PA – A Lackawanna County man was charged with setting a fire at a Buckingham Township home early Sunday morning, killing an 81-year-old man inside and sending his wife fleeing from…
Homeless Man, Arsonist Charged With Setting Fox Christmas Tree Ablaze Already Released Without Bail
Craig Tamanaha, a 49-year-old man charged with arson for allegedly igniting the Christmas tree outside of Fox News’ headquarters in New York City and causing $500,000 in damage, was released Wednesday because…
Police searching for Philadelphia arsonist
On October 13, 2021, at approximately 2:24 AM, an unknown male lit debris on fire on the 7xx block of W Cumberland Street causing damage to the property. The fire department arrived…