Latest Arson Headlines
All the headlines from our Arson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Two Charged With Setting Philadelphia Fire That Killed Firefighter for Insurance Money
Apr 21 2023 // The owner of a Philadelphia building that caught fire and collapsed last summer, killing a city firefighter and injuring five other people, has been indicted along with another man on charges they set the blaze, federal...
Suspect in Arson Fire at Los Angeles Police Station Arrested
Apr 11 2023 // A woman was arrested after she pushed a burning shopping cart into a Los Angeles police station, damaging the lobby, authorities said. Mishauna Eaton, 30, was arrested on suspicion of arson and was being held on $250,000...
Georgia Firefighter Charged with Arson of His Own Home After Filing $700,000 Claim
Mar 16 2023 // One year after Georgia volunteer firefighter Todd Anthony said a kitchen fire burned down his house and he filed a $700,000 insurance claim, authorities have charged the man with arson. Anthony, 56, of Greensboro, was...
Kansas Man Arrested on Suspected Arson That Killed Woman, 2 Girls
Jan 25 2023 // TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) – The only survivor of a Kansas house fire that killed a woman and two young girls has been arrested on suspicion of setting the blaze. Topeka police arrested Kyle J. Tyler, 32, of Holton, on Saturday,...
Police Investigate Central Illinois Planned Parenthood Fire As Arson
Jan 20 2023 // CHICAGO (AP) – A fire at a central Illinois Planned Parenthood clinic is being investigated as arson, Peoria police said Tuesday, just days after the state enacted sweeping abortion protections. Officers responded to a...
Las Vegas Solar Site Arson Was Clean Energy Message, Man Says
Jan 13 2023 // A Colorado dentist accused of setting a fire that damaged a transformer at a solar power array outside Las Vegas last week told investigators he wanted to send a message supporting clean energy and denied his intention was...
Indianapolis Fire Sends 5 Into Cardiac Arrest
Jan 12 2023 // INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – An Indianapolis apartment fire left a 28-year-old man and four children ages 1, 3, 12 and 14 unconscious, in cardiac arrest and hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said...
Heightened Penalties for Arson, Retail Theft in North Carolina Now in Effect
Dec 6 2022 // Tougher penalties for certain types of arsons and large-scale thefts at stores in North Carolina are among all or portions of 10 new state laws approved by the General Assembly this year that will take effect on...
After NC Fire, School Employee Charged in Connection with Falsified Alarm Inspections
Nov 29 2022 // When an elementary school in Durham, North Carolina, caught fire in the middle of the night last April, officials found it strange that the alarm did not sound or alert the local fire department. It turned out that...
Suspect Arrested in Connection With 7 Fires Across Mississippi’s Capital
Nov 10 2022 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Authorities have arrested a suspect in connection with seven fires set across Mississippi’s capital city early Tuesday. At least two of the buildings set ablaze in Jackson were churches; one...
Arson Probed After Major Los Angeles Blaze and Smaller Fires
Oct 28 2022 // A raging fire destroyed a vacant commercial building in Los Angeles this week and numerous other small fires broke out in the same area, triggering an arson investigation, authorities said. Flames lit up the sky before...
Indiana Man Pleads Guilty to Arson of Barn Fires
Oct 27 2022 // A man has pleaded guilty in connection with a series of barn fires set last year in several northern Indiana counties. An Elkhart County judge gave preliminary approval Monday to the plea agreement with Joseph Hershberger...
Michigan Man Arrested for Setting 25 Trucks on Fire in 8 States
Oct 14 2022 // A Michigan man has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint alleging he set 25 fires on semitrailers in eight states over more than two years, all belonging to the same trucking company, prosecutors said...
Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty to Arson, Insurance Fraud He Blamed on Politics
Oct 13 2022 // A Minnesota man pleaded guilty Tuesday to filing fraudulent insurance claims for a staged arson he attempted to portray as a politically-motivated attack. Federal officials said Denis Molla, 30, of Brooklyn Center, falsely...
Judge Tosses Charge Against Dive Boat Owner in California Fire That Killed 34
Sep 7 2022 // A Los Angeles federal judge threw out an indictment charging a dive boat captain with manslaughter in the deaths of 34 people in a 2019 fire aboard a vessel anchored off the Southern California coast. The ruling came on...
Virginia Firefighter on Scene With Crew Charged with Setting Fire to Building
Aug 19 2022 // A Virginia volunteer firefighter charged with setting fire to an abandoned building was with the first crew to arrive on the scene, an investigator said Monday. Firefighters from several departments responded to a report...
Teenagers Charged with Arson at Chicago-Area Shuttered Resort
Aug 5 2022 // Two teenagers have been charged with arson for allegedly setting a May fire at a shuttered suburban Chicago resort that took firefighters a full day to extinguish. The two boys face charges of arson, burglary, criminal...
Three Charged in Arson of Historic West Virginia Church
Jul 15 2022 // Three people have been arrested in connection with a fire that destroyed a historic church in West Virginia, state police said. Braxton Allan Miller, 18, of Charleston; James Dean Elmore, 19, of Beckley; and a juvenile boy...
Gang Members Charged With Violent Takeover of New York Fire Mitigation Industry
Jul 5 2022 // FBI, Homeland Security and New York police officials have charged nine defendants including gang members with a violent racketeering and extortion conspiracy in attempting to take over an entire industry designed to help...
Three Teens Arrested in Fire That Burned 3 Historic Homes in Georgia
Jun 14 2022 // Police charged three boys with arson in fires that destroyed three historic homes in an Atlanta suburb over the weekend. Two 14-year-olds and one 15-year-old were arrested Wednesday at their homes in Clayton County,...
