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Officials: Calif. Arson Suspect May Be Linked Japan Fires

Fire investigators tried to determine Wednesday whether a man arrested for investigation of a serial arson spree in the San Fernando Valley served time for torching bars and restaurants in Japan a decade ago while he was in the Marines. …

Assault Suspect in New York City Hate Crime Case Sues City

A suspect in a brutal anti-gay attack in the Bronx last year is suing the city for injuries he says he sustained in a prison bus crash. The Daily News reports that Idelfonso Mendez broke his wrist and injured his …

Hit and run suspect Subdued by Witness in Tennessee

When police reached a Knox County hit and run suspect, they found he had already been run down, scuffled with and pepper sprayed by a witness. Police responded to a report of a non-injury hit and run crash just after …

Texas Arson Suspect Jumps to Death Off Ramp

A 28-year-old suspected serial arsonist glanced back at pursuing police and then jumped about 70 feet to his death from a highway ramp after fire investigators followed him from an apartment complex in southwest Houston where he had burned eight …