Posts Tagged ‘fire & arson’
Terrorism charge added for woman accused of setting fire to GOP’s office
A New Braunfels woman now faces a terrorism charge after officials say she broke into the Comal County Republican Party’s headquarters in January and started a fire. A Comal County grand jury on April 15 indicted Grace Carol Brown, 22, on a charge of terrorism, according to court documents. The charge, a first-degree felony, is…
Read MoreArson arrest after fire at packed-out LGBT+ club
A man has been arrested on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life after a fire at a packed-out LGBT+ nightclub. Revellers were evacuated in the early hours of Sunday from Pink Punters at Fenny Stratford in Milton Keynes, as flames quickly took hold. Thames Valley Police said a 51-year-old man from Milton Keynes…
Read MoreNew Orleans man accused of using Molotov cocktail on Tesla building faces new federal charges
A New Orleans man accused of throwing a Molotov cocktail at a Tesla depot on Tchoupitoulas Street was rearrested on new federal charges after bonding out last week. A federal complaint unsealed Monday in the New Orleans-based U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana accuses the man, John Hinkhouse, of one count of…
Read More2 fires at Maryland psychiatric hospital prompt arson investigation
Two fires at a psychiatric hospital in Sykesville, Maryland, prompted an arson investigation Saturday, according to the State Fire Marshal’s Office. Firefighters from the Sykesville Freedom District and several surrounding fire departments were called to the Springfield Hospital Center around 8 a.m. Once on the scene, crews found two separate buildings on fire, 1121 2nd…
Read MoreIran behind low-level ‘hybrid warfare’ attacks in UK and Europe, analysts say
Iranian intelligence services and Revolutionary Guards operatives are recruiting teenagers through criminal intermediaries to launch a wave of low-level “hybrid warfare” attacks in Europe and the UK, according to investigators, security officials, analysts and police documents. A first wave of attacks was launched in early March, 10 days after the US and Israel began strikes…
Read MoreTeenager pleads guilty to arson that caused smoke damage at London synagogue
A teenager pleaded guilty Tuesday to arson in northwest London but said he was unaware that the targeted building was a synagogue and said he bore no ill will toward Jewish people. The attack was among several separate assaults against Britain’s Jewish community in recent weeks. The 17-year-old boy, who cannot be identified because of…
Read MoreUK police arrest 2 in connection with weekend arson attack on synagogue
British police have arrested two teenagers in connection with a weekend arson attack on a synagogue in northwest London, as Jewish leaders express concern about a wave of incidents targeting their community. Deputy Commissioner Matt Jukes of London’s Metropolitan Police Service on Monday said officers arrested two young men, aged 19 and 17, overnight in…
Read MoreThree charged with arson on Persian media offices
Three people have been charged over an attempted arson attack at the offices of a Persian language media organisation in north-west London. An ignited container was thrown towards the Volant Media building in Park Royal at about 20:30 BST on Wednesday, but landed in a car park where the fire quickly went out. The Metropolitan…
Read MoreArson at Tesla New Orleans caught on camera, NOFD seeks person of interest
Surveillance video was released Thursday, showing the moment when what appears to be a Molotov cocktail was thrown at the Tesla New Orleans Service Center on Tchoupitoulas Street. New Orleans fire officials released two videos and asked for the public’s help finding the person of interest in Tuesday morning’s arson attack. Surveillance video shows a…
Read MoreArrests after attempted arson attack on synagogue
A man and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of arson endangering life after a synagogue in north London had two bottles thought to contain petrol thrown at it. The attack on the Finchley Reform Synagogue is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime, according to police who arrested the 47-year-old woman and 46-year-old…
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