A pet dog awoke two sisters after their mother’s ex-boyfriend set fire to their Louisiana home, letting the 11- and 14-year-old girls escape from the blaze. The hero dog, unfortunately, died in the fire. The Office of the State Fire Marshal said Danielle Johnson, 38, was arrested after allegedly setting the blaze in Hammond late …
A Texas woman was arrested on Sunday for allegedly attempting to set a fire at her property because her tenants would not pay rent. On August 4, San Antonio police responded to reports of a burglary. Responding officers met with a tenant who said that his landlord, Elizabeth Flores Romo, 35, broke into his unit …
A North Carolina woman has been arrested and charged with arson, assault with a deadly weapon, and larceny of an animal after she set fire to a couple’s house and stole their dog because she thought she was at her ex-boyfriend’s home. Christie Jones, 49, instead targeted the home of people she didn’t know. The …
Police and fire officials are investigating after a “suspicious” fire left one person dead in Chippewa Fall, Wisconsin, on Wednesday. Investigators did not release the identity of the victim but named Scott Vaningan, 58, as a suspect in both the fire and death, WEAU reported. Vaningan lived in the house that caught fire, police said, …
A 19-year-old Tennessee volunteer firefighter has been arrested and charged with starting several fires in Waverly that damaged a number of buildings, including a Masonic Lodge and a church. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation said that Leslie Winchester started his string of arsons with a fire in June, with four others taking place between July …
On Tuesday, Wyoming police released footage of last month’s apparent attempted arson at an abortion clinic. According to USA Today, surveillance footage showed a masked individual carrying what resembled a gas can into Wellspring Health Access clinic in Casper on May 25. The inside of the building was damaged in the fire, but no injuries …
Bail was denied Monday for an Illinois man who last week allegedly dumped gasoline on a sleeping homeless man and lit him on fire. On Wednesday, Joseph Guardia, 27, allegedly burned Joseph Kromelis, 75, in Chicago. Surveillance footage showed Guardia silently standing over Kromelis for 16 seconds before walking to a nearby intersection, returning, pouring gas …
A Missouri teen is behind bars facing murder and related charges after police say he killed his 62-year-old grandmother in a Tuesday morning house fire. Ozarks First reports that 19-year-old Jacob Hearne is charged with murder, arson, and abandonment of a corpse. The teen was arrested Tuesday afternoon after investigators found his grandmother, Phyllis Schweinel, …
A Georgia teen has been arrested after setting a fire that killed his younger sister, and police say it was intentional. According to Fox Atlanta, the incident happened in Gwinnett County off of Beaver Road on early Sunday morning. Zoe McCue, 10, became trapped inside her upstairs bedroom and died. Police arrested the girl’s 15-year-old …
A New York club caught on fire Sunday after a male suspect threw gasoline on the floor before lighting a match and fleeing. According to the New York Post, everyone inside the club escaped except for the DJ and the bartender, who were “burnt pretty bad by the flames,” Claire Bendiner, a co-owner of Rash nightclub, …
A Kansas man accused of torching his former girlfriend’s house may have started the fire without realizing his young son was inside. According to the Shawnee Police Department, Nicholas A. Ecker was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, aggravated arson, and related charges. The incident happened last Sunday morning in Shawnee, at a home off of …
A traveling nurse who allegedly attacked and set a co-worker on fire at a New Jersey hospital on Monday was found dead on Tuesday of a suspected suicide. WPVI reported that Nicholas Pagano, 31, was found deceased in his vehicle in Waterford Township with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. Pagano fled Hackensack …
