Posts Tagged ‘fire & arson’
West Grove man allegedly used Molotov cocktail to set business on fire with people inside
A West Grove man is in jail after being accused of setting a Chester County business on fire while people were inside. Agustin Cisneros-Bedolla, 42, was arrested in early March, according to the district attorney’s office. He is facing attempted homicide, aggravated arson, robbery, as well as possession of weapons of mass destruction, among other…
Read MoreFBI investigating after multiple incendiary devices found at Tesla dealership in Texas
Multiple incendiary devices were found at a Tesla dealership in Austin, Texas, on Monday morning, according to the Austin Police Department. Officers located the “suspicious devices” after responding to a Tesla dealership on U.S. Route 183 just after 8 a.m. local time and called the Austin Police Department Bomb Squad to investigate, police said in…
Read More3 people face federal charges in Tesla arson attacks in U.S. as 80 more vehicles at Canada dealership are damaged
About 80 Tesla vehicles at a car dealership in Canada were damaged, authorities said, as the U.S. attorney general announced charges Thursday against three people accused of using Molotov cocktails to set fire to Tesla cars and charging stations. On Wednesday, police in Hamilton, Ontario, were called to a dealership on Wentworth Street for a…
Read MoreMan sentenced to eight years in federal prison for bombing statue in San Antonio
A Florida man was sentenced to eight years in federal prison for bombing a sculpture in San Antonio, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Christopher Rodriguez, 45, pleaded guilty in Aug. 2024 to several charges, including damaging property occupied by a federal government and explosive materials, a news release says. Rodriguez, a licensed Florida attorney…
Read MoreMississippi Man Indicted for Federal Civil Rights and Arson Charges for Setting Fire to Mormon Church
A federal grand jury in Gulfport, Mississippi, returned a six-count superseding indictment today charging Stefan Day, also known as Stefan Pete Day Rowold, with federal civil rights and arson violations for vandalizing and setting fire to a house of worship. According to the superseding indictment, on July 5, 2024, and July 7, 2024, Day set…
Read More‘Molotov cocktails and firearms’ used in targeted attack at Tesla center in Las Vegas, police say
Las Vegas police and the FBI are investigating a fire involving several vehicles at a Tesla collision center in the southwest valley as a possible terrorist attack. The fire was reported Tuesday around 2:45 a.m. at 6260 West Badura Avenue near Jones Boulevard and Warm Springs Road. During a news conference, Asst. Sheriff Dori Koren…
Read MoreLithuania says Russian military intelligence behind Ikea arson attack in Vilnius
The suspect, who was underage at the time of the arson in Vilnius, was arrested while planning another attack in Riga, in neighbouring Latvia. Lithuanian authorities have reasonable grounds to believe that Russian military intelligence organised and funded the Ikea store arson attack in Vilnius in 2024, the Baltic country’s prosecutor general said. The main…
Read MoreSuspected arson at Bayer executive’s home being investigated by FBI: Sources
The FBI is now involved in the investigation into a suspected arson earlier this month at the New Jersey home of a Bayer pharmaceutical executive, law enforcement sources told ABC News. At approximately 7:30 a.m. on March 4, a fire was reported at an occupied, private residence in Madison, New Jersey, according to the Morris…
Read MoreWoman pleads guilty in cross-burning hoax during Colorado Springs mayoral campaign
A woman who was part of a group charged with setting a cross on fire in front of a defaced campaign sign for a candidate who became Colorado Springs’ first Black mayor pleaded guilty on Tuesday in what authorities say was a hoax. Deanna West, one of three people indicted in the 2023 incident, pleaded…
Read MoreMasked suspect uses Molotov cocktails to burn North Charleston Tesla charging stations
Police in North Charleston are searching for a suspect who burned Tesla charging stations at the Tanger Outlets last Friday. Officers were called to the Mellow Mushroom on Tanger Outlet Boulevard for a report of an arson in progress on Mar. 7 at 7:13 p.m., according to a North Charleston Police Department report. When they…
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