Latest Arson Headlines
All the headlines from our Arson Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Fire that Destroyed Mississippi Furniture Plant Ruled Arson
Oct 1 2018 // Investigators say a Wednesday fire at a northeast Mississippi furniture plant was arson. Pontotoc Police Chief Randy Tutor told local news outlets Friday that officers worked with the state Fire Marshal and the U.S. Bureau...
Delaware Teen Charged in Store Fire That Caused $3M in Damage
Aug 31 2018 // A Delaware teen is accused of starting a fire at a Family Dollar store that caused an estimated $3 million in damages. Harry Miller with the State Fire Marshal’s Office tells news outlets that the 16-year-old boy was...
Texas Woman Gets 30 Years in Prison for Arson, Insurance Fraud
Jul 26 2018 // A Dallas woman with a history of filing 31 insurance claims against a dozen companies got burned when one turned out to be arson, the Texas Department of Insurance announced earlier this month. Genevieve Thompson was...
10 North Carolina Volunteer Firefighters Arrested Over Arson Fires
Jul 12 2018 // Authorities have arrested 10 North Carolina volunteer firefighters and accused them of setting fire to abandoned buildings and woods over a year and a half. News outlets report Robeson County Sheriff Ken Sealey said in a...
Florida Man Gets 20 Years, Ordered to Pay $1.9M in Restitution for Arson Scheme
Jun 5 2018 // A Florida man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in an arson insurance fraud scheme that spanned multiple Florida counties and was ordered to pay $1.9 million towards restitution to the more than 14...
California Family Arson Ring Arraigned in $4M Insurance Fraud Case
Jun 1 2018 // A California family was arraigned on Thursday on more than 30 counts of fraud and arson. Tyler Chen, 46, and his wife, Kim, 45, were arraigned in the Santa Clara County Superior Court following their arrest on multiple...
Florida Makes 3 Arrests in ‘Operation Rent-to-Burn’ Arson Crime Ring
May 22 2018 // Three additional people have been arrested for their various roles in an arson-for-profit scheme that took place over 7 years in three Florida counties, according to a statement from Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and State...
Indiana Man Gets 90-Year Sentence for Covered Bridge Arson Fires
May 17 2018 // A western Indiana man has been sentenced to 90 years in prison after being convicted of setting fires that destroyed one covered bridge and damaged another. Jesse Payne was sentenced Monday, a month after a Parke County...
North Carolina Volunteer Fire Chief Charged With Insurance Fraud, Embezzlement
May 3 2018 // A suspended North Carolina volunteer fire chief has been arrested on felony insurance fraud and embezzlement charges, according to a statement from the North Carolina Department of Insurance. Kenan Wayne Kearney, 44, of...
Sheriff: Arson a Possibility in Deadly Oklahoma Wildfire
Apr 23 2018 // Authorities are investigating the possibility of arson in connection with one of two large wildfires burning in Oklahoma, a blaze that’s resulted in the death of one person. Dewey County Sheriff Clay Sander said that...
Arkansas Woman Arrested on Insurance Fraud, Arson, Theft Charges
Apr 10 2018 // An Arkansas woman has been arrested on multiple felony charges related to arson and insurance fraud, the state department of insurance reported. The Arkansas Insurance Department said Kittie Louise Payton, 55, of Little...
Two Plead Guilty to Insurance Fraud by Arson in West Virginia
Mar 16 2018 // Two men pled guilty in federal court for their respective roles in a scheme to commit insurance fraud by arson. Dudley Bledsoe, age 63, of Hanover in Wyoming County, West Virginia, and Ricky Dwayne Gleason, age 54, of...
Arson Arrest Made For Fire At Mississippi Delta Community College
Mar 5 2018 // 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...
Arson Caused Georgia Fire That Destroyed 5 Homes, Damaged 14
Feb 23 2018 // Investigators ruled arson was to blame for a fire that started in a Georgia home and rapidly spread throughout a subdivision, destroying five houses and damaging at least 14 others before firefighters could extinguish all...
Arson Arrest Made For Fire At Mississippi Delta Community College
Feb 12 2018 // 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...
Teens Charged in Fire That Destroyed Century-Old Maryland Home
Feb 9 2018 // Two teenage boys have been charged with arson that destroyed a century-old home on Maryland’s Kent Island. The Office of the State Fire Marshal in Maryland reported that the two teens, age 14 and 15, pulled old...
Maryland Woman Charged with Setting Her Trailer Home on Fire
Dec 20 2017 // Fire officials say a Maryland woman has been charged with setting a fire that destroyed her trailer home and injured her adult son. The Office of the State Fire Marshal says in a news release that fire marshals served a...
Fire at Mississippi Community College Believed to be Arson
Dec 19 2017 // 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...
3 Alabama Teens Arrested for Starting Fires that Damaged 5 Structures
Nov 13 2017 // Authorities say a series of fires damaged five structures in Alabama and three teenagers have been charged. Sylacauga Police Chief Kelley Johnson told news outlets that authorities started receiving reports of fires...
Tennessee Fire Captain Arrested for Setting Own Home on Fire
Oct 31 2017 // Tennessee investigators say a captain with Nashville’s fire department was arrested on arson and insurance fraud charges for setting his home on fire on purpose. According to a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation news...
