Latest Arson Headlines
All the headlines from our Arson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ga. Commissioner Rules Fire was Arson
Mar 8 2004 // Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John Oxendine said that a fire that destroyed a church in Tattnall County last week was arson. The Zion Union Primitive Baptist Church was located at 7601 Hilton Hall Road,...
FIRST ARSON HOTLINE REWARD:
Feb 23 2004 // A $500 reward has been given to a man who called the State Fire Marshal’s Office Arson Hotline to report a case of arson. The call led to the arrest and conviction of 26-year-old Laurie Granado of Austin on charges...
Ga. School Fire Ruled Arson
Feb 18 2004 // Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John Oxendine said a recent fire that destroyed the former Hahira High School was arson. High winds reportedly fanned the flames and made firefighting efforts especially...
Prison for N.Y. Man Who Pled Guilty to Arson Attempt
Feb 16 2004 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced that an Auburn businessman, Francis Rikhoff, who pled guilty to an attempted arson in order to collect insurance monies for TNY Car Toyz, a store he...
Texas Arson Hotline Caller Given First Reward
Feb 12 2004 // A $500 reward has been handed over to a man who called the Texas State Fire Marshal’s Office Arson Hotline to report a case of arson. According to the Insurance Council of Texas, the phone call led to the arrest and...
Arrest Made in Connection with Fla. August Home Fire
Jan 26 2004 // Florida State Fire Marshal and insurance fraud investigators with the Department of Financial Services have arrested a local homeowner for allegedly burning her home to collect insurance proceeds. Investigators said Gari...
N.Y. Charges Two with Arson Fraud
Jan 12 2004 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio announced the arrest of Joseph Dolcimascolo and his mother, Martha, on charges of insurance fraud in the third degree and grand larceny in the third degree. The...
Pa. Man Charged in Arson-for-Hire Fraud Scam
Jan 12 2004 // Authorities in New Jersey have charged Robert Halpin, 23, of Horsham, Pa., with two counts of arson for hire, conspiracy, aggravated arson, arson to collect insurance proceeds and attempted theft by deception for...
N.Y. Couple Arrested for Auto Arson Fraud
Jan 9 2004 // A bulletin, issued by New York State Insurance Department Superintendent Gregory V. Serio, described the arrest of Robert and Mary Smith of the Town of Alden in Erie County, on charges of arson, insurance fraud, attempted...
Arrest Made in Connection with Fla. August Home Fire
Jan 5 2004 // Florida State Fire Marshal and insurance fraud investigators with the Department of Financial Services have arrested a local homeowner for allegedly burning her home to collect insurance proceeds. Investigators said Gari...
Pa. Man Charged in Arson-for-Hire Fraud Scam
Dec 16 2003 // New Jersey’s Division of Criminal Justice Director Vaughn McKoy announced that a Pennsylvania man has been charged by the Office of Insurance Fraud Prosecutor with reportedly participating in a scheme to get rid of...
Arrests Made in Ga. Arson Case
Nov 6 2003 // Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner John Oxendine announced that two juveniles were arrested this week in an arson fire that destroyed a former school building in Rossville, Ga. The two suspects, both age 15,...
Arrest Made in Fla. Arson
Nov 5 2003 // A 54-year-old Bartow, Florida man has been arrested in connection with a house fire. Investigators with the state’s Bureau of Fire and Arson Investigations arrested Larry Earl Davis, of 260 Van Fleet Rd., Apt. 5,...
Texas Arson Hotline Shows Results
Oct 14 2003 // The Insurance Council of Texas announced that the State Fire Marshal’s arson hotline, which debuted May 1, 2000, has already landed several people in jail for deliberately setting fires to their cars, homes and...
Warsaw N.Y. Man Sentenced in Arson Insurance Fraud Case
Sep 9 2003 // New York’s Superintendent of Insurance Gregory V. Serio, Genesee County District Attorney Lawrence Friedman and Genesee County Sheriff Gary Maha, issued a joint bulletin stating that Michael Puzan, of Warsaw, New...
N.Y. Man Arrested for Fraudulent Claim in Home Fire
Jul 14 2003 // New York Superintendent Gregory Serio announced that Samuel Gardner, 41, of Kent, New York, was arrested and charged with Insurance Fraud, Arson and Attempted Grand Larceny. On July 28, 2002 Mr. Gardner’s home was...
N.Y. Dept. Arrests Liverpool Man for Arson in Syracuse Building Fire
Jun 20 2003 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced that David W. Jones of Liverpool, New York, was arrested and charged with Arson in the third degree and Insurance fraud in the second degree. It is alleged that...
N.Y. Man Arrested on Arson Charge
May 13 2003 // New York Superintendent of Insurance Gregory Serio announced that Richard J. Turkow of Binghamton, New York, was arrested last week and charged with Arson in the third degree and Insurance Fraud in the third degree. It is...
Houston Man Arrested for Arson in SUV Ins. Scam
Feb 28 2003 // A northwest Houston man, who allegedly burned a sport utility vehicle belonging to family members in order to collect $35,000 in insurance proceeds, was arrested and charged after an investigation by Harris County fire...
Warsaw NY Woman Receives Prison Sentence for Arson Insurance Fraud
Feb 6 2003 // The NYSID announced that Victoria Walczak, of Warsaw, New York, has received a 2 to 6 year prison sentence from the Genesee County Court for arson. She was also ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $32,943.57 to two...
