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Florida Jewish Center Burned by Arsonist But Police Say It’s Not a Hate Crime

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A South Florida Jewish center suffered severe damage in a weekend arson fire that police believe was set by a mentally ill homeless man who previously confronted the rabbi and others. Rabbi Chaim Slavaticki said …

Western Michigan Wheat Field Fires Prompt Arson Probe

A series of wheat field fires in western Michigan prompted an arson investigation, authorities said. Two fires were reported recently just outside the village of Waldron, according to the Hillsdale Daily News. The first fire damaged 15 acres with a …

Fire Site in UP Michigan Town Being Treated as a Crime Scene

State and federal authorities are pitching in as investigators try to determine the cause of a fire that destroyed three buildings in the historic downtown of an Upper Peninsula village. Investigators in Calumet were treating it as a crime scene, …

New York City Subway Driver Killed in Fire Being Investigated as Crime

A New York City subway driver was killed and several other people were injured early Friday in a fire on a train that is being investigated as a crime, officials said. Fires were reported at three other stations nearby at …

Man Arrested in Series of Burlington Fires Causing About $74K in Damage

Police in Vermont’s largest city have arrested a man accused of setting a series of fires that caused about $74,000 in damage. Robert Barbin, 57, is facing charges of arson and reckless endangerment. Burlington police say he ignited a fire …

South Carolina High School Arson Case Cracked After 23 Years by Fingerprint

A 40-year-old man was charged Tuesday with burning down his South Carolina high school more than 23 years after authorities say he set books and other papers on fire in the hallways. Daniel Scott Harris, 40 left his fingerprints in …

Another Fire Breaks Out at Pennsylvania Church Burned by Arson Blaze

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 reported around 2 a.m. Thursday …

Arson Arrest Made For Fire At Mississippi Delta Community College

A joint investigation between the Mississippi State Fire Marshal’s Office, Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC) Police Department, Mississippi Bureau of Investigation, Sunflower County Sheriff’s Department, and the Sunflower County Emergency Management has resulted in the arrest of an individual for …

Fire at Mississippi Community College Believed to be Arson

Surveillance video shows that an intruder lit the fire that damaged a building at a Mississippi community college. The predawn Thursday blaze damaged more than half of Mississippi Delta Community College’s Stauffer-Wood Administration Building in Moorhead. College spokesman Reed Abraham …

Report: Arson Rarely the Cause of Southern Church Fires

As social media buzzed about church fires in the South, investigators said July 2 that weather caused a destructive blaze at a predominantly black church in South Carolina. The State Law Enforcement Division said in a statement that investigators found …