arsonist News

Arsonist Ordered to Pay $8.9M for Los Angeles Church Fire

Los Angeles County prosecutors say a convicted arsonist has been ordered to pay $8.9 million in restitution and serve an 18-year sentence for setting a church fire in Hacienda Heights. Deputy District Attorney Renee Rose says 35-year-old Gregory Yusuke Shiga …

University of California Police Seek Arsonist After Campus Fire

Police at the University of California, Santa Barbara say they are looking for an arsonist after a fire that badly damaged a trailer, a water tender and other heavy equipment at a campus construction site. University police said in a …

Officials Worry About Iowa City’s Rise in House Fires

Fire officials say they’ve been working with police and residents to investigate a recent rash of house fires in the eastern Iowa city of Clinton. Battalion Chief Joel Atkinson told television station KWQC “it’s getting fairly busy” for local fire …

Nine Fires Reported in Kentucky Neighborhood

Fire officials in Lexington, Ky., say they believe an arsonist is setting blazes in a neighbor where nine fires have been reported since early December. Crews were called out Saturday to the latest fire that started with a shed, but …

Arsonist Sentenced for Houston Blaze

A judge has sentenced a Houston man who had been suspected of setting a series of fires to 40 years in state prison for one of the blazes. John Leonard Morin was convicted and sentenced on a felony arson charge …

Greece: Arsonists Target Deputy Minister Office

Police in Greece say an incendiary device caused minor damage at the entrance of an apartment block which includes the political office of the country’s deputy foreign minister. No one was hurt in the attack outside the office of Mariliza …

Pa. Woman Faces Sentence for Arsonist’s Alibi

A western Pennsylvania woman is set for sentencing on charges that she provided a false alibi for a man later convicted and sentenced to five years in prison for setting fire to his home and an attached business in rural …

Police: Alleged Connecticut Arsonist Angry Over Firing

Police say a man accused of setting several fires, including one in which a Fairfield firefighter was hurt, told them he was getting revenge for being fired from his job as an emergency medical technician. The Connecticut Post reports that …

Arsonist in Missouri Caught in the Act

A St. Louis County man is jailed after police allegedly caught him in the act of committing arson – with gasoline cans in his hands. KMOX Radio reports that 37-year-old Robert Luster was arrested Saturday night. He did not have …