Latest Arson Headlines
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Quitman, La., Woman Booked on Arson-for-Insurance Charge
Feb 2 2007 // A Quitman, La., woman has been arrested, accused of setting her mother’s house on fire in order to collect insurance money. Investigators with the state Fire Marshal’s Office on Jan. 30 arrested Pamela Dukes,...
Former Saginaw Mayor Charged with Arson, Insurance Fraud
Jan 15 2007 // Former Sagnaw Mayor Wilmer Jones Ham was recently charged with arson and insurance fraud in the burning of her 1986 Mercedes-Benz. Ham, 56, is the mother of ex-Detroit Pistons player Darvin Ham, who was part of the 2004...
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
Jan 8 2007 // The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned church camp cabin in East Stroudsburg, Pa., while her father survived. Most of the lessons taught to budding fire investigators stood out at the scene. The...
Arson convictions now being questioned
Jan 8 2007 // A handful of arson convictions that relied largely on expert testimony are being re-examined because of changes in the scientific understanding of fire. Some cases are in court, while in others defense teams are making...
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
Jan 8 2007 // Studies have chipped away at old fire science for years but many prosecutions are still based on discredited methods The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin at a church camp in East Stroudsburg,...
Arson convictions now being questioned
Jan 8 2007 // A handful of arson convictions that relied largely on expert testimony are being re-examined because of changes in the scientific understanding of fire. Some are already in court, while in others, defense teams are putting...
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
Jan 7 2007 // The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin at a church camp in East Stroudsburg, Pa., while her father survived. Most of the lessons taught to budding fire investigators stood out at the scene. The...
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
Jan 7 2007 // The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned church camp cabin in East Stroudsburg, Pa., while her father survived. Most of the lessons taught to budding fire investigators stood out at the scene. The...
Arson convictions now being questioned
Dec 25 2006 // A handful of arson convictions that relied largely on expert testimony are being re-examined because of changes in the scientific understanding of fire. Some are already in court, while in others, defense teams are putting...
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
Dec 25 2006 // Studies have chipped away at old fire science for years but many prosecutions are still based on discredited methods The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin at a church camp in East Stroudsburg,...
Arson convictions now being re-examined
Dec 25 2006 // A handful of arson convictions that relied largely on expert testimony are being re-examined because of changes in the scientific understanding of fire. Some are already in court, while in others, defense teams are putting...
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
Dec 25 2006 // Studies have chipped away at old fire science for years but many prosecutions are still based on discredited methods The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin at a church camp in East Stroudsburg,...
Arson convictions now being questioned
Dec 25 2006 // A handful of arson convictions that relied largely on expert testimony are being re-examined because of changes in the scientific understanding of fire. Some are already in court, while in others, defense teams are putting...
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
Dec 25 2006 // The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin at a church camp in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, while her father survived. Most of the lessons taught to budding fire investigators stood out at the...
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
Dec 24 2006 // The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin at a church camp in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, while her father survived. Most of the lessons taught to budding fire investigators stood out at the...
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
Dec 24 2006 // The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin at a church camp in East Stroudsburg, Pa., while her father survived. Most of the lessons taught to budding fire investigators stood out at the scene. The...
New fire science could overturn arson convictions across the nation
Dec 24 2006 // The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin at a church camp in East Stroudsburg, Pa., while her father survived. Most of the lessons taught to budding fire investigators stood out at the scene. The...
Call to Texas Arson Hotline Nails Juveniles
Dec 12 2006 // A call into the Texas Arson Hotline resulted in four juveniles being cited for criminal mischief in Marfa, the Texas Advisory Council on Arson reported. The four allegedly participated in setting a bag of trash on fire on...
New Fire Science Throws Arson Convictions Across the Nation into Doubt
Dec 11 2006 // The clues were everywhere. A young woman lay dead in a burned cabin at a church camp in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, while her father survived. Most of the lessons taught to budding fire investigators stood out at the...
Some of the Arson Convictions Now Being Questioned
Dec 11 2006 // A handful of arson convictions that relied largely on expert testimony are being re-examined because of changes in the scientific understanding of fire. Some are already in court, while in others, defense teams are putting...
