Police in Fontana, California, are on the hunt for a man they say is armed and dangerous after he assaulted his estranged wife and tried to set fire to three different homes. Mathew Rice, 37, is wanted for a slew of charges, including attempted murder, assault, arson, home invasion, and burglary, KABC reports. Police say …
Police say a Florida caregiver beat an elderly woman severely on Thursday and tried to set her house on fire all over an argument a will. New York Daily News reports that Roman Dusk, 65, became infuriated when the elderly lady informed him she planned to leave her home to someone else when she passed …
A Michigan man will spend the rest of his life behind bars after he stabbed his stepdaughter to death and set her on fire. He killed the young girl because she was hungry, court records indicated on Thursday during trial at a Lansing courthouse. The Lansing State Journal reports that Thomas McClellan, of Holt, told detectives …
A California woman was arrested Monday evening after allegedly attempting to burn down a former boyfriend’s home and driving her car through his kitchen. KTXL reports that Arr-Nivia Patron, 33, is accused of dousing gasoline all over the outside the Stockton home where her ex resides with his current girlfriend. After setting a match to …
A Michigan woman allegedly bound her 11-year-old son by the wrists and locked him inside a car outside a cemetery before setting the vehicle on fire. The 48-year-old woman is facing attempted murder and arson charges in connection with Tuesday’s incident. Authorities said the woman’s husband called police at 11:30 a.m., reporting that his wife might …
A Texas high school track coach is facing arson charges after reportedly setting his former house on fire. The Star-Telegram reports that Michael Graham Long, 58, was arrested outside of a track meet on Thursday at Keller Fossil Ridge High School in Weatherford. According to city spokesperson, Blake Rexroat, the Weatherford fire marshal’s office began an investigation into a …
A 23-year-old woman who died this weekend after being trapped in a fire is the victim of a homicide, her neighbors insist. Danielle Karlen died in a fire in Oildale, near Bakersfield, California, where she was living in a shack with no electricity. Neighbors told local news station KGET 17 that the woman had broken …
A San Angelo, Texas, man and woman are behind bars after they allegedly set their own house on fire in an attempt to lure police officers over, with a mission to kill them. The Dallas Morning News reports that Gary Ray Wright and Brenda Joyce Wright were arrested on January 13 after police responded to a …
