Arson

A wildland firefighter with the Oklahoma Forestry Services has been arrested and charged in conjunction with up to 60 fires set over the past two years.  Mike Malenski, 38, has been employed by OFS for the past 7 years. He has ...

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The verdict is in, in the arson and murder case against 27 year old Christopher Benitez, accused of setting the fire that claimed the life of Phoenix firefighter Brett Tarver in March 2001.

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Severely injured firefighter from Warrior Run Area Fire Department in Pennsylvania received a $10 million verdict last Friday against the arsonist who set the fire.

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A Wichita firefighter has been terminated for setting a small fire in the fire station that he intended as a practical joke. Jarrod Womack has been terminated for the January 12, 2011 prank. Five other firefighters also received discipline ranging ...

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A Colorado homeowner who was charged and convicted of arson has filed a notice of intent to sue the fire departments that fought the fire he set. Termed the Reservoir Road fire, the fire in Loveland, Colorado began September 12, ...

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A combination fire department in Louisiana has filed suit against one of its former call firefighters who set fire to a building owned by the department. The Little Caillou Fire Department filed suit in state court against Jesse Patrick Marcel, ...

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A third volunteer firefighter has been charged with arson in Cleburne County, Alabama, following the arrests of two firefighters for arson earlier this month. Adrian Campbell, 19, was arrested on January 21, 2011 for setting a fire vacant home on ...

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Apopka firefighter Jason Leblanc, 44, has resigned following the disclosure that he set another firefighter, 25-year-old Jack Shumate, on fire at a holiday party on December 18, 2010. Shumate sustained second degree burns and has not returned to work since ...

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A volunteer firefighter in Lafayette, Georgia has been arrested and charged with one count of arson. However, Marvin Chase, 32, is a suspect in over 20 fires and is being referred to as a serial arsonist. According to one news report he admitted ...

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A former Whites Crossing, PA volunteer firefighter was sentenced on November 17, 2009 for his role in a number of arson fires that caused over $3 million in damages. Benjamin B. Christensen was sentenced to serve between 10 to 20 ...

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Another firefighter has been charged with arson, this time a paid-on-call firefighter in Presque Isle, Maine. He is accused of setting a fire at Northeast Packaging Co., where he was also employed. The fire last Friday, November 13th, 2009, destroyed the ...

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Four volunteer firefighters from Logan County, West Virginia have been arrested on arson charges. The three adults and one juvenile, along with two non-firefighters, were charged in connection with several fires in the Buffalo Creek area that occurred last spring. Channel ...

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The Clark County, Nevada School District is suing the parents of a teenager who allegedly set fire to a high school in 2008. The fire in the boys locker room at Palo Verde High School caused approximately $71,000 in damages. ...

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A Riverside, California man who was jailed for two years on arson charges, is now suing  Riverside Fire officials and a canine handler connected with building the case against him. The man, Michael Espalin, was acquitted after two trails.  He ...

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