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24 September 2020

Indiana man allegedly torched home for insurance money

Setting his house on fire in an attempt to prevent foreclosure led Tuesday to an eight-year prison sentence for a 36-year-old...

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24 September 2020

N.Y. man pleads guilty to attempting to torch home

In another court case, a Walton man pleaded guilty to reduced charges of attempted insurance fraud stemming from a house fire...

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24 September 2020

Mass. man accused of hiring teen to firebomb home

Police make an arson arrest and thee owner of the property is behind bars. Police say he tried to collect on...

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24 September 2020

S.C. woman charged with arson and fraud in home fire

A Savannah woman has been charged with arson and complicity to insurance fraud in connection with a fire that destroyed a...

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24 September 2020

Indiana man admits to setting his home on fire

A Terre Haute man pleads guilty after setting his house on fire. Prosecutors originally charged Michael Hoffert with arson and false...

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24 September 2020

Pennsylvania woman accused of hiring arsonist to torch home

A White Township woman has been accused of arranging to have her house set on fire and then collecting an insurance...

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24 September 2020

Indiana homeowner admits to setting house on fire

A Terre Haute man pleads guilty after setting his house on fire. Prosecutors originally charged Michael Hoffert with arson and false...

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24 September 2020

Tenn. woman accused of torching her home in 2005

Marsheila Sowards and her nine children lost everything when their Dickson County home burned on Thanksgiving of 2005 while they were...

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24 September 2020

N.Y. fire chief says bad economy bringing more fires

When the stock market takes a nose dive, most people worry about their retirement savings. Fire Chief Robert Farstad thinks about...

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24 September 2020

N.Y. woman admits to arson-for-profit scheme

A Potsdam woman admitted Thursday in St. Lawrence County Court to intentionally starting a fire at her Route 11B home to...

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