3 charged with arson-for-profit for torching buildings in California
Three Sacramento-area men have been charged in a 60-count indictment for a scheme to commit multiple arsons for profit, United States...
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Restaurant owner in New York convicted of arson and fraud
The Schenectady restaurant owner accused of burning down her business last winter to collect an insurance policy was found guilty of...
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Restaurant owner in Massachusetts charged with arson for profit
The owner of West End Diner in Leominster pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Worcester in connection with setting...
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Sentencing of Wyo. inn arsonist delayed
A New Jersey man initially charged with arson in connection with the Hitching Post Inn fire is now supposed to be...
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Pair in New York sentenced to prison for torching closed-down bar
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced on Feb. 23, 2016, that Nicholas Motta...
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Reputed mob bookie tries to burn down pizzeria near Hartford, Conn.
A reputed mob bookmaker faced five years or more in prison Thursday after admitting he jolted a deadbeat gambler with a...
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Trio in North Carolina plead guilty to torching convenience store
Three defendants have pleaded guilty to federal charges related to a 2012 Richmond County convenience store fire. Napel Ted Houssein, Cleveland...
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Man in Illinois charged with torching his farm equipment
David L. Speer, 67 of Quincy, was arrested on Monday by the West Central Illinois Task Force. Speer was arrested on...
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Former firefighter in Florida charged with attempting two arson fires
A former volunteer firefighter from Pennsylvania was arrested and charged with setting two fires at the empty clubhouse of a closed...
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Landlord in Rhode Island sentenced to prison for torching apartment building
A Providence landlord was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in federal prison for setting fire to a building he owned, the U.S....
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