A suburban New York music shop owner accused of selling knockoff Gibson Les Paul guitars has been arraigned in a pickup truck in a courthouse parking lot after his lawyer said the 500-pound defendant could not walk into the courthouse. …
A judge has ordered a Phillips, Wis. woman to serve a year in jail and placed her on 15 years’ probation on accusations she set her house on fire for insurance money to cover debts. Thirty-nine-year-old Jane Dettmering was also …
The Army Corps of Engineers can be held liable for flood damage caused by a “hurricane highway,” a navigation channel that is believed to have funneled Hurricane Katrina’s storm surge into the city, a federal judge ruled May 2. The …
Police and fire officials in Nampa, Idaho say a 17-year-old girl faces arson charges after fire caused substantial damage to a home she was visiting. Nampa Assistant Fire Chief Doug Strosnider says the blaze caused about $50,000 worth of damage …
Jennifer Mason Hudspeth, a Lacombe, La., area insurance agent facing charges that she misappropriated insurance premiums has been served with a cease and desist order, summary suspension and a $5,000 fine notice for allegedly accepting more than $2,800 in cash …
The 5.2 magnitude earthquake that struck the Midwest last month has caused damage to a gym at an elementary school in East Alton,. Ill. Officials at Eastwood elementary School have roped off the gym with yellow caution tape and closed …
Residents of communities across Arkansas on May 2 faced the wreckage of homes torn apart by violent weather that has pushed this year’s storm death toll in the southern state up to 26. “You can see the bags under the …
West Virginia Officials may never know the source of gas buildup that caused two small fires and prompted a handful of evacuations in the Marion County community of Metz. The Delaney family was asleep when an explosion “lifted the house …
Charleston, S.C. officials say the release of a report investigating the deaths of nine firefighters in a furniture store blaze has been indefinitely delayed. A panel of experts compiling the report hoped to deliver it to the city during the …
The United States Fire Administration (USFA) announced that the theme for the 2008 Arson Awareness Week will be “Toylike Lighters – Playing with Fire.” The agency said May 4th to the 10th will be used to educate all Americans about …