November 3, 2016
Authorities say a man and a woman face felony charges after setting their house on fire and then trying to claim insurance for all of their belongings. Police detective Rick Whitfield tells The Birmingham News the couple’s belongings had been …
August 19, 2016
A central Alabama firefighter is charged with setting a fire in an Elmore County community that’s been plagued by a string of suspicious blazes. WSFA-TV reports that 28-year-old Chad Ellis of Deatsville was arrested Tuesday by the State Fire Marshal’s …
February 8, 2016
Investigating officers from the Alabama Department of Insurance, Fire Marshal and Fraud Divisions announced the arrests of four suspects for allegedly staging structure fires, automobile accidents, vandalism, and personal injury “accidents” in order to receive fraudulent monetary claims from insurance …