New York police on Saturday released a photograph of a man they’d like to question in connection with a fire at a subway station on Friday that killed a train operator and injured several others, NBC New York reported. Garrett Goble, 36, was found unconscious on the train roadbed when emergency crews responded. He was …
A Connecticut woman faces murder and other charges related to a fatal fire in a Hartford apartment building early Sunday morning, the Hartford Courant reported. Police said Destiny Waite, 28, lit a bottle of hand sanitizer on fire and threw it at her girlfriend during a fight, sparking the 3-alarm blaze at the 5-story Charter …
One firefighter is dead and another is unaccounted for after a fire destroyed the Porterville Public Library in Porterville, California, Tuesday night. And police have arrested two 13-year-olds they believe started the blaze. The Porterville Fire Department said Fire Captain Ramon “Ray” Figueroa, 35, died battling the fire, and Patrick Jones, 25, was missing. Figueroa …
A man who is currently serving a prison sentence for killing his son in New York was convicted on Monday for killing his wife under similar circumstances 17 years earlier. Karl Karlsen, 59, was found guilty of Christina Karlsen’s first-degree murder. The Union Democrat reported Karl Karlsen intentionally set a fire at their family home …
Three people have been charged with first degree murder and arson in the death of a 76-year-old Lumberton, North Carolina, woman whose body was found inside her home after firefighters responded to a house fire there, the Lumberton Police Department announced Saturday, according to WPDE reporter Tonya Brown. Annette Hendren Ivey, a widow, lived with …
Twenty-four Australians have been charged with purposely setting fires in the state of New South Wales — where fast-moving flames have claimed the lives of dozens of people and countless animals. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the New South Wales Police Force has taken legal action against 180 people this fire season. Of those …
A 9-year-old boy accused of intentionally setting a fire that killed five people earlier this year sat with his court appointed lawyer during a 30-minute arraignment hearing on Monday as the judge in the case carefully explained the felony charges filed against him, the Peoria Journal Star reported. The boy has been charged with five …
A 9-year-old was charged Tuesday with murder and arson in a central Illinois mobile home fire in April that killed five people, the Pantagraph reported. Woodford County State’s Attorney Greg Minger was not able to provide much detail about the case because the suspect is a juvenile. He said the child has been charged with …
A 68-year-old Missouri man flew to California, rented a car, and drove around the winding roads of Santa Clara County, tossing flaming pieces of paper into the dust dry brush in the hills between Ed Levin Park and Calaveras Reservoir last weekend, starting at least 13 wildfires, police said, announcing his arrest. The East Bay …
A Pennsylvania man blew up his own house on his daughter’s wedding day, police say, killing himself after the home exploded. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that residents in an Edgewood neighborhood told police they saw the man standing in front of his house at 318 Garland Street on Saturday afternoon, as it caught fire. Within minutes, …
A Dollar General store manager has been accused of setting her south Georgia store on fire – with customers inside – to hide her theft of a cash deposit of $3,300, according to the Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner. Kay Yvette Taylor, 41, is charged with one count of theft and one count of …
Two women in Pennsylvania were arrested Wednesday on attempted homicide and arson charges for allegedly setting fire to a home early Tuesday—nearly killing one person who was sleeping inside. Misty Dunbar and Michelle Rhoads, both 23, are accused of setting the Mount Carmel home ablaze with a can of kerosene they found under the porch. …
