Arson

A volunteer firefighter who was convicted of setting a wildland fire in 2012, and served two years in prison, has been ordered to pay more than $2 million in restitution for his crime. Nathaniel Bartholomew was 18 when he intentionally set the Karney Fire that burned over 440 acres, destroyed one home and threatened 275 others.

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A Tennessee man who was arrested last January in New Orleans, Louisiana as he was boarding a cruise ship for a vacation, is suing the Chattanooga Fire Department, Fire Chief Kelvin Lamar Flint, Lieutenant Henry McElvain and the City of Chattanooga among others claiming they were responsible for instituting the charges that led to his wrongful arrest.

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A story posted yesterday on AZCentral.com raises some troubling ethical questions about the involvement of insurance company investigators in fire investigations conducted by public fire officials. Historically, insurance companies have routinely cooperated with public fire investigations, offering expertise and resources ...

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Investigators in Hancock County, Mississippi believe they have uncovered an arson “cult” involving a group of at least 5 volunteer firefighters who they claim are responsible for a series of fires dating back to September, 2014.

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A Providence firefighter is under investigation for a gesture he allegedly made while on-duty during a protest held in front of Providence Fire Department Headquarters. The protest followed the decision of a Missouri grand jury not to indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for the shooting of Michael Brown.

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Two volunteer firefighters from South Carolina have been charged with attempted murder and arson after trying to burn down a fire station with a firefighter in it. Christopher Williams, 22, and Dominique Thompson, 21, have been charged with setting fire to the Yemassee fire station...

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An innocent man who spent 14 months in jail on arson charges has filed suit against the city of Phoenix and the arson investigators who accused him of setting the fire. Carl Vincent Ball Caples filed suit in Maricopia County Superior Court last week claiming the city failed to hire properly trained investigators, failed to provide the investigators with proper training, and permitted them to use outdated and discredited investigation techniques leading to his wrongful arrest and incarceration.

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A Connecticut jury has ruled in favor of the Mystic Fire District in a civil suit filed by the owner of a house that was set on fire in 2008 by a volunteer firefighter. Gretchen Chipperini alleged that the negligence of the fire district’s leadership made the district liable for the actions of probationary firefighter William Celtruda who set the fire on July 25, 2008.

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A fire department in Pennsylvania is investigating how a former member who was convicted of arson and banned for life from serving as a firefighter, donned turnout gear and operated at a house fire. Francis Kestner Jr. allegedy operated at ...

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A volunteer firefighter suspected in a series of fires has been arrested in Illinois. Blake T. Walsh, 24, the Williamsfield Fire Department was arrested yesterday in connection with a “series of arsons involving hay bales and grass fields which primarily ...

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A firefighter in the UK has been sentenced to five years in prison for conspiring to burn his own vehicle while he was on duty at the fire station. Anthony Murray, 41, pled guilty to conspiring with Gareth Collier to ...

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A former Minnesota fire chief has pled guilty to federal arson charges. Ryan Scharber, formerly the fire chief for the City of Babbitt, pled guilty in US District Court last Friday to two charges: one count of setting fires on ...

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Martin Pang, the convicted arsonist of the fire that killed four Seattle firefighters in 1995, has been accused of an elaborate scam to steal money from firefighters, their families, police officers and witnesses in the case. The FBI, state police ...

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