A New Jersey man died on Wednesday, weeks after he allegedly killed his 9-year-old son by setting his car on fire with the boy inside. According to the Daily Voice, the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office said Manuel Rivera, 43, died from self-inflicted stab wounds and burns he suffered in the March 28 arson that killed …
More charges have been filed against a man accused of killing his 9-year-old son and then torching a vehicle containing the boy’s body, MyCentralJersey.com reports. Police in Sayreville said 43-year-old Manuel Rivera now faces charges of murder, aggravated arson, endangering the welfare of a child, and desecration of human remains. As CrimeOnline previously reported, authorities …
New Jersey officials believe a 9-year-old boy was killed Thursday night after his father set a car on fire with him in it. According to WABC, police spoke with a woman claiming Manuel Rivera, 43, left the home with their 9-year-old son. Around the same time, an emergency call was placed about a fire near …
On Friday, a former Utah school bus driver was ordered to remain behind bars without bail after allegedly igniting a school bus on two separate occasions. In February, a grand jury indicted 58-year-old Michael Austin Ford on two counts of arson. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Utah, Ford stands accused of deliberately …
A 44-year-old Colorado man shot his way into the building that houses the Colorado Supreme Court early Tuesday and did “significant and extensive damage” while inside, until he called 911 himself from the 7th floor and surrendered. Brandon Olsen was involved in a two-car crash near the Ralph L. Carr Colorado Judicial Center — which …
Good Samaritans stopped a 26-year-old woman Thursday afternoon as she poured gasoline on the Atlanta birth home of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. and tried to burn it down. Two tourists from Utah and two off-duty New York police officers were among the witnesses who quickly stepped up until Atlanta officers could arrive …
Florida firefighters responding to a November 20 apartment fire say they discovered a deceased woman, a baby, and three critically injured children inside the unit. According to the Miami Herald, at around midnight, the Daytona Beach Fire Department responded to emergency calls about heavy smoke coming from inside an apartment at 1200 Bellville in Daytona …
A Michigan woman who allegedly lit her husband on fire in 2021 was charged on Friday with setting a house fire in March that killed her employer. Julie Boxley, 52, was reportedly living with Glenn Andrews, 72, to help care for his sick wife when she allegedly set their Ishpeming home on fire. The Mining …
A West Virginia man has been charged with arson after he allegedly set his house on fire because he was upset that a puppy had pooped “all over the house.” The West Virginia State Fire Marshal’s Office said that the homeowner, 32-year-old Randy Nethken, told responding firefighters that the fire “originated in the attic” of …
An Iowa firefighter has been arrested and charged with setting a string of fires that he then responded to with his unit to help put out. Kendall Eugene Rhoads, 60, has been charged with 13 counts of arson and one count of reckless use of fire or explosives, the grundy County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies …
A Florida man killed last week in a house fire lost his partner to murder in the same neighborhood in 2017, according to reports. Dan Kane, 66, was killed in a house fire in Seminole Heights on September 18. Tampa police confirmed to WTVT that one person was detained at the scene of the fire, …
An Illinois woman was arrested earlier this month after she allegedly accused her neighbors of practicing witchcraft and lit fire at their front door using rubbing alcohol. Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney Lillian Lewis said that 38-year-old Kimberley S. Brown was charged with residential arson and aggravated battery of a police officer, the Lake and …
