Most Popular Arson Headlines This Year
The most viewed headlines from our Arson Topic Page over the last year.
#1 Former Florida Fire Captain Charged With Padding Living Expenses on Citizens Claim
Jun 12 2024 // A retired south Florida fire captain has been arrested for insurance fraud, charged with vastly overstating the number of nights he was forced to stay in a resort hotel while his home was under repair. Florida’s...
#2 Illinois Man Pleads Guilty to Arson and Insurance Fraud Scheme
Jan 23 2024 // An Illinois man admitted guilt in federal court last week for his involvement in a scheme to commit arson on residential properties and collect fraudulent insurance benefits. Rufis A. Jefferson, 47, of Venice, Illinois,...
#3 Student from China Sentenced in Arson of Alabama Church in 2021
Apr 1 2024 // MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — A 30-year-old woman in the U.S. on a student visa has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison for setting fire to First Baptist Church in Montgomery in 2021, federal prosecutors said...
#4 Man Charged With Arson in Colorado Wildfire That Destroyed 29 Homes
Sep 16 2024 // A Colorado man was charged with arson after an investigation into a wildfire this summer that destroyed 29 homes and caused more than $30 million in property damage, authorities said. Jason Alexander Hobby, 49, was...
#5 Texas Man Convicted of Arson in Historic Courthouse Fire
Feb 2 2024 // A Texas man was found guilty this week of starting fires at the historic Mason County Courthouse and an occupied residential structure on February 4, 2021. A McCulloch County jury this week found Nicholas Miller guilty of...
#6 Two Former New York Fire Chiefs Face Bribery Charges Tied to Safety Inspections
Sep 17 2024 // Two former chiefs of the New York City Fire Department (FDNY) have been charged with bribery and corruption for allegedly expediting access to fire safety inspections for preferred customers in exchange for...
#7 Man Charged With Arson for New York Race Track Fire That Killed Dozens of Horses
Nov 15 2023 // Authorities are investigating the deaths of more than two dozen racehorses in a barn fire at an upstate New York track that they believe was deliberately set. The horses were killed early Thursday after the barn where they...
#8 Fire That Destroyed Historic Georgia Home Found to Be Arson
Jul 3 2024 // DARIEN, Ga. (AP) — A man has been charged with starting a fire that destroyed a nearly century-old home on the site of a coastal Georgia rice plantation that’s associated with the largest slave auction in U.S....
#9 Georgia Condo Association Leaders Charged with Taking Insurance Proceeds After Fire
Nov 6 2023 // Police in South Fulton, Georgia, have charged the president and treasurer of a large condominium association with stealing more than $1.5 million in insurance payouts after two fires in 2020 destroyed a building. Multiple...
#10 New Jersey Man Charged With Arson and Insurance Fraud Tied to Home Fire
Nov 7 2023 // A former Camden County, New Jersey man has been indicted on charges including arson and insurance fraud relating to a fire that caused significant damage to a house in Cherry Hill in 2018. Attorney General Matthew J....
#11 Fire That Indefinitely Closed Vital Los Angeles Freeway Called Arson
Nov 15 2023 // Arson was the cause of a massive weekend fire that charred and indefinitely closed a vital section of a Los Angeles freeway, causing major traffic headaches for hundreds of thousands of commuters, California authorities...
#12 Guards to Monitor Businessman’s Sites Under California Freeway Where Arson Occurred
Jan 9 2024 // More than a month after an arson fire at a storage yard damaged a key Los Angeles freeway, the state has hired security guards to watch out for smoke and other trouble at three additional sites beneath Interstate 10 that...
#13 2 Arrested After Atlanta Apartment Fire Linked to Fireworks Displaces 100+
Nov 14 2023 // ATLANTA (AP) — Two people have been arrested in connection with a fire that damaged an Atlanta apartment complex and led to more than a hundred evacuations. Atlanta news outlets reported that the fire happened Friday...
#14 Murder, Arson Charges on Hold in Killing of Former Mississippi Legislator
Nov 28 2023 // JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi prosecutors have dismissed indictments against a man in the shooting death of a former state lawmaker and the earlier burning of a building, saying they need more time to...
#15 Investigators Found Fire And Safety Hazards on Land Under Los Angeles Before Arson Fire
Nov 20 2023 // State investigators repeatedly identified fire and safety hazards at a leased storage space under an elevated Los Angeles freeway before it burned in an arson fire, documents show. The Nov. 11 blaze, fed by flammable...
#16 Tesla Arson Case Shows Need to Protect Power Grid, Says German Utility Westenergie
Mar 12 2024 // German policymakers should team up with power grid operators to improve the response to incidents such as the arson attack near Tesla’s gigafactory, said the head of regional utility Westenergie. Security measures...
#17 California Fire Agency Employee Arrested on Suspicion of Starting 5 Blazes
Sep 23 2024 // A California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection employee was arrested on suspicion he started five brush fires in Northern California in recent weeks, officials said. Robert Hernandez, 38, was arrested at the...
