Baltimore County police responded to calls about an armed man and a fire early Saturday in a townhouse community west of Baltimore, where they shot and killed the armed man and then found three more people dead and a fourth wounded. County police spokeswoman Joy Stewart said police and firefighters arrived in Woodlawn at about …
The family of a murdered California mother says developments in the case have reopened painful wounds since the woman’s death last year, KOVR-TV reports. Authorities this week revealed that 29-year-old Victor Serriteno, who is accused of murdering 32-year-old Priscilla Castro in August, started a fire to cover up the killing. That fire eventually became part of a massive …
A California man awaiting trial for the murder of a woman he met online last August has now been charged with setting a deadly northern California wildfire to cover up the initial crime. Victor Serriteno, 29, has been in the Solano County Jail since September, charged with killing Priscilla Castro, 32, who was missing for …
A Louisiana woman was arrested on Tuesday for allegedly setting the home of her estranged husband’s new girlfriend on fire while the girlfriend’s two young children were inside. According to WBRZ, a witness saw Shannon Blackson, 40, hurl what appeared to be a Molotov cocktail into the victim’s Baton Rouge home at around 2 a.m. …
A Colorado man has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly causing two explosion in or near his Aurora neighborhood since Christmas Day, 9 News reports. Scott Alan Campbell, 44, has also been charged with first degree arson and possession of a weapon by a previous offender. No one was injured in the two explosions, …
A Florida man remains hospitalized with serious injuries days after he allegedly tried to burn a house down and lit himself on fire instead. Tampa police told WTVT that on Sunday, Scott Massa, 51, attempted to hurl a bucket of accelerant through a window he had broken, presumably to start a fire in the building. …
“I watched two guys die right in front of me because I saw the smoke surround them and suffocate them. They couldn’t get past the metal door.”
New York police have arrested a man they say deliberately set a deadly fire on a subway train that killed a train operator and injured several others, ABC7 reported. Garrett Goble, 36, died after helping several passengers to safety, as CrimeOnline previously reported. He was found unconscious on the tracks and pronounced dead at a …
A Tenessee boy has been arrested after police say he intentionally set multiple fires at a residential home. ABC News reports that the Chattanooga Fire Department arrived at a home off of Maude Street in Chatanooga at around 4 p.m. on Monday after a caller noticed several fires and possibly a dumpster and a car …
Florida deputies arrested a 20-year-old man Wednesday and charged him with multiple counts related to a fire Saturday at a Fort Myers Planned Parenthood. Everett Little has been charged with arson, criminal mischief, and using an incendiary device for allegedly throwing Molotov cocktails at the building, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. The incident …
St Petersburg police say they’re dealing with an arson and a homicide after finding a body in the trunk of a burning car behind a Florida golf course Monday morning. The police department said the body was burnt beyond recognition, and they’re “unable to determine race or sex at this time.” The weren’t even able …
An Illinois man was charged Friday with six counts of murder and four counts of arson for setting a fire in an apartment complex in Morrison that killed two children and an adult, the Prairie Advocate reported. Celina Serrano, 13, and her cousin, Shayla Walker, 8, died in the early Monday morning fire at Western …
