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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W.V. woman charged with fraud in $1M home fire
An ex-wife has been charged with igniting a fire that caused more than $1 million in damages to her former husband’s...
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Oregon woman admits hate crime was really a scam
An Oregon woman has acknowledged what investigators and a federal jury knew all along: A 1994 Reedsport arson was not an...
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Ohio homeowner convicted of setting home on fire
In a brief hearing Thursday afternoon, Matthew L. Peffley was declared guilty of aggravated arson and insurance fraud in the burning...
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As home foreclosures surge arson looms ever larger
At 10:40 p.m. on April 27, a blaze at the beige Victorian house at 19 Nye St. in New Bedford, Mass.,...
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More Foreclosures, More Home Fires
Add another scary phenomenon to the growing list of troubles that have emerged in the wake of the national housing crisis…...
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N.Y. state court overturns arson/fraud conviction
The Appellate Division of state Supreme Court has overturned the February 2007 conviction of an Albany man on arson and insurance...
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Pennsylvania homeowner admits to arson and fraud
An East Liverpool, Ohio, man agreed Monday to plead guilty in Beaver County Court to charges of arson and insurance fraud...
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Ohio man pleads guilty home arson
An East Liverpool, Ohio, man agreed Monday to plead guilty in Beaver County Court to charges of arson and insurance fraud...
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Alleged killer in Arizona sentenced for home arson
A defendant charged with killing five people in Mesa got exactly what he wanted when a judge sentenced him to prison...
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