Posts Tagged ‘fire & arson’
Whitman High student faces charges after arson, graffiti incidents at Bethesda elementary school
A 16-year-old Walt Whitman High School student was charged Wednesday with vandalism, arson and threats of mass violence after he allegedly lit a shed on fire at another Bethesda school and later vandalized a fence there with graffiti referencing a 2012 mass school shooting, Montgomery County police said Wednesday in a press release. The teen,…
Read MoreTennessee Man Pleads Guilty to Arson and Attempting to Provide Material Support to a Foreign Terrorist Organization
Today, Regan Darby Prater, 28, currently of Tullahoma, Tennessee, entered a guilty plea to one count of arson and one count of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Prater pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Knoxville. Sentencing has been set before U.S. District…
Read MoreSuspicious device at St. Patrick’s Day parade was planted by fire official, cops say
The Brookdale Community College fire official who alerted authorities to a suspicious device at the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Keansburg last month is accused of putting it there, officials said. Christopher J. Otis, 56, is charged with possession of a destructive device, creating a false public alarm and providing false information to an officer,…
Read MoreMan faces arson charges after setting large wooden cross on fire outside Dauphin County church, police say
A man was charged after setting a cross on fire outside a Dauphin County church on Saturday, according to the Steelton Borough Police Department. Officers were called to North Second and Pine streets around 5:30 p.m. and found a large wooden cross on fire in front of St. John’s Lutheran Church, according to officials. Investigators…
Read MoreArson suspect in California warehouse fire allegedly compared himself to Luigi Mangione
The 29-year-old man charged in connection with fires that burned down a paper products warehouse in California was allegedly motivated by anti-capitalism sentiment and compared himself to Luigi Mangione, authorities said Friday. Chamel Abdulkarim, of Highland, California, was charged by federal authorities with arson of a building used in interstate and foreign commerce, Bill Essayli,…
Read More5 charged with murder in deadly Yolo County fireworks warehouse explosion
Five people have been charged with murder in a deadly Northern California explosion at an illegal fireworks warehouse that killed seven people and shook a tiny farming community, authorities said Friday. The charges stem from a grand jury indictment related to the July 1 explosion that injured two others, Yolo County Deputy District Attorney Clara…
Read MoreMolotov cocktail thrown at home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, suspect in custody
A Molotov cocktail was thrown at the San Francisco home of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Friday morning, police and a spokesperson for the company confirmed to KRON4. No one was injured and the suspect was arrested. “Early this morning, someone threw a Molotov cocktail at Sam Altman’s home and also made threats at our San…
Read MoreBrooklyn activist pleads guilty to setting fire to 11 NYPD vehicles
A Brooklyn activist with a history of arrests at pro-Palestinian protests pleaded guilty Wednesday to setting fire to 11 empty police vehicles last summer. Jakhi McCray, 22, admitted to the June 12 arson spree, which New York City police officials said caused $800,000 in damages to department vehicles. He faces a mandatory minimum of 5…
Read MoreEmployee accused of arson after paper goods warehouse destroyed in massive fire in Ontario
A warehouse employee was arrested on suspicion of arson after a massive fire destroyed the building in Ontario, prompting a large response from first responders overnight. The fire started shortly after 12:30 a.m. Tuesday near Hellman and Merrill avenues, according to the Ontario Fire Department. In total, 175 firefighters and 20 engines were on scene…
Read MoreColumbia [LA] Men Charged with Arson After Destroying Caldwell Parish’s Only Catholic Church the Friday Before Holy Week
On April 1, 2026, the United States Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Louisiana charged Anthony Dillon, Jr., 19, and James Dale Smith IV, 21, both of Columbia, with arson after the two burned down the only Catholic church in Caldwell Parish the Friday before Holy Week was set to begin. If convicted, the…
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