Posts Tagged ‘fire & arson’
New York man arrested on arson charge for tampering with natural gas line in Malone, police say
A Malone man is being charged with arson after police said he purposefully damaged a gas line at an apartment complex. The incident happened on Sunday just after midnight. Police said they received a call about a suspicious man near The Trails at Malone, with the caller saying the man had damaged the inside of…
Read MoreSpain arrests alleged arsonist linked to wildfire as second firefighter dies
A second volunteer firefighter has died after battling a wildfire in the northern Spanish province of Leon, while police arrested a man for allegedly starting a separate blaze as the country faced one of its worst summers for fires in 20 years. “Today we mourn the death of another member of the team fighting fires…
Read More3 cars set on fire overnight in Clayton being investigated as hate crime
Police and the FBI are investigating after multiple vehicles were found on fire overnight in a Clayton neighborhood. “There’s no place for hate anywhere in America,” ADL Heartland regional director Jordan Kadosh said. “It’s unacceptable in the extreme.” Officers were called just after 3 a.m. Tuesday to the 7500 block of Westmoreland Avenue, located off…
Read MoreArson confirmed at children’s playground; Portland police probe bias motive
A fire at the playground of an early learning center for the Center for African Immigrants and Refugees Organization was arson, according to Portland Police. PPB spokesman Mike Benner says the play structure at the school was intentionally set on fire early Sunday morning, a little before 2 a.m. at the playground at SE 139th…
Read MoreSonoma County arson suspect found with homemade explosives, Sheriff’s Office says
A man arrested this week for allegedly setting a fire on federal forest land in Sonoma County also had several bombs and bomb-making materials in his home, the Sheriff’s Office said. On Tuesday, deputies detained 43-year-old Gregory Klemme following a fire on Pine Flat Road east of Geyserville on Bureau of Land Management land, the…
Read MoreGermany: Second arson attack on rail line in two days
German police said on Friday that a key railway line in the western city of Düsseldorf had been hit by a second arson attack in two days, hours after a fire in a cable duct caused widespread disruptions on the same stretch. Police told the German DPA news agency that the incendiary device used was…
Read MoreVirginia city councilman doused in gasoline and lit on fire in attack at his office
A man poured gasoline on a Virginia city councilman and set him on fire Wednesday, police said. Danville City Council member Lee Vogler was attacked at the office of a local media outlet, Showcase Magazine, where he works, in Danville, a small city roughly 45 miles northwest of Greensboro, North Carolina, police said in a…
Read MoreAFP investigating ‘criminals offshore’ as arrest made over Melbourne synagogue arson attack
A young man has been arrested, accused of playing a direct role in the “politically motivated” arson attack on a synagogue. Counter-terrorism police allege the 21-year-old man is one of three people responsible for the attack at Melbourne’s Adass Israel Synagogue. The Australian federal police deputy commissioner for national security, Krissy Barrett, told a press…
Read MorePoland charges Colombian with terrorism over arson attacks on behalf of Russia
The Internal Security Agency says the 27-year-old Colombian national was acting on behalf of Russian intelligence when he carried out two arson attacks in Poland last year. He faces up to 10 years in prison. Authorities in Poland charged a Colombian national with terror offences on Tuesday for his role in two arson attacks, allegedly…
Read MoreMan facing hate crime, arson charges in Madison County
A man is accused of a hate crime and arson in Madison County. Joshua Javon Morrison, 35, was charged by the Madison County State’s Attorney with aggravated arson, arson, aggravated battery and hate crime. Charging documents state that on July 19, Morrison set a fire at an apartment complex in the 300 block of Grant…
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