Man Charged With Setting Fire to Historic California Mission
The July 2020 blaze scorched the art-covered walls and hallowed roof of the church at a historic Spanish mission in Southern California.
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Federal Judge Tosses Lawsuit From Wisconsin Woman Exonerated of Arson Conviction
A lawsuit from a Wisconsin woman wrongfully convicted of arson was dealt a blow from a federal judge on Monday, who found that investigators’ actions in her case did not amount to constitutional violations.
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R. Kelly Friend Accused of Witness Intimidation Pleads Guilty to Arson
Michael Williams admitted to setting fire to a rental car parked outside the home of one of the singer’s alleged victims.
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Animal Cruelty
A federal judge vacated a New York man’s convictions for arson and animal abuse after starting porch fires at an ex-girlfriend’s home and dousing her pet rabbit with gasoline, although it was not injured in the fire. The man had a valid challenge to a prospective juror since she was not clear that she could be impartial in the case due to her love of animals.
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Serbian Ex-Mayor Convicted Over Arson on Journalist’s Home
A court in Serbia Tuesday sentenced a former mayor to more than four years in prison for ordering an arson attack on the home of a journalist who was investigating corruption.
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Wisconsin Justices Tackle Domestic Abuse Law, Insurance Contracts in Arson Case
A Wisconsin woman has so far been unable to convince the courts that she is due insurance coverage for the loss of her home and property inside after her estranged husband burned the house down while she was on vacation.
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Arson Suspected in Massive Fire at Texas Courthouse
A suspect has been arrested and taken into custody following a massive fire that destroyed all but the rock outer walls of an 111-year-old Texas courthouse, an official says.
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Trump Restores Grazing Rights to Men Convicted — and Pardoned — of Arson
In its final moments Wednesday, the Trump administration granted two 10-year grazing permits to the father-son duo whose convictions and imprisonment for setting fires on public lands gave rise to the armed occupation of a national wildlife refuge in eastern Oregon.
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Southern California Ballot Box Fire Investigated as Possible Arson
Los Angeles County firefighters extinguished a fire inside an official ballot drop box Sunday night, an incident being investigated as arson.
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Assaults, Arson, Slurs: Report Finds Anti-Semitism in Berlin
Small square brass plates set in the pavement remember Jewish residents of Berlin’s Lichtenberg district who were torn from their homes and killed by the Nazis decades ago. Nearby, the charred remains of a Jewish-run bar destroyed by arson last month attest to a hatred that still burns among far-right extremists.
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Greece: 4 Afghans Charged With Arson for Fire at Lesbos Camp
Four Afghan migrants were formally charged with arson Wednesday for their alleged involvement in fires that destroyed most of a large refugee camp on Greece’s eastern island of Lesbos, authorities said.
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Mississippi Church Suing on Virus Restrictions Burns Down
A church in Mississippi was destroyed by a suspected arson fire, about a month after its pastor filed a lawsuit challenging the city of Holly Springs on gathering restrictions amid the coronavirus outbreak.
Read moreJewish Extremist Convicted in Arson That Killed Arab Toddler
An Israeli district court on Monday convicted a Jewish extremist of murder in a 2015 arson attack that killed a Palestinian toddler and his parents, a case that had sent shock waves through Israel and helped fuel months of Israeli-Palestinian violence.
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Accused Church Arsonist in Louisiana Pleads Guilty
Holden Matthews, the white son of a sheriff’s deputy who is accused of setting fires to three predominantly black churches last year, pleaded guilty Monday in state and federal court.
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Guilty Plea to Federal Charges in Black Church Burnings
The aspiring black metal musician who was arrested in a series of fires set at African American churches in Louisiana last spring pleaded guilty Monday to federal and state criminal charges.
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Suspect in Hawaii Police Killings Called Unhinged
A Hawaii handyman with a history of run-ins with police and neighbors faced eviction when he stabbed a woman and killed two officers before the house he and two women were believed to be in burned, authorities and neighbors said Monday.
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Robert Doggart was improperly convicted of solicitation to commit federal arson for his planned attack on a mosque in New York because the religious building was not used in interstate commerce, as required by the underlying arson statute, the Sixth Circuit ruled. From his home in Tennessee, Doggart plotted to burn down the mosque, plans he shared with an FBI confidential informant.
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Exonerated Woman Seeks Damages for Arson Conviction
A woman exonerated of an arson conviction claims in court that the Wisconsin sheriff’s office that handled the case and pushed for her prosecution denied her due process throughout the investigation and subsequent trial.
Read moreMan Screaming ‘You Die!’ Kills Dozens at Anime Studio
A man screaming “You die!” burst into an animation production studio in Kyoto, Japan, and set it on fire early Thursday, authorities said, killing 13 people and leaving more than 10 others presumed dead.
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