An anonymous phone call to the Texas Arson Hotline has led to the arrest of an Austin woman who intentionally set fire to her apartment in order to receive an insurance payment. Ashlee King, 23, was jailed on charges of …
Austin, Texas, authorities say a 57-year-old babysitter intentionally set a man’s house on fire while watching his twin 5-year-old boys. Fire department investigators charged Martha Carolyn Dreher with felony first-degree arson on Thursday in connection to the Aug. 9 fire. …
A 34-year-old Hutchinson, Kansas, woman who says she lit a fire to kill a spider has been charged with aggravated arson after firefighters had to put out a small blaze in her half of a duplex. The Hutchinson News reports …
Two sons of former Livingston Parish, La., President Mike Grimmer have been charged with arson after they allegedly broke into a storage container in Grimmer’s backyard and set fire to his wife’s property. Fire Marshal Butch Browning tells The Advocate …
Fire officials say co-owner of an Alexandria, La., business has been arrested after he allegedly tried to set fire to his business in November. The Town Talk reports Nafiz Musleh was booked Friday on a charge of aggravated arson. Officials …
A 19-year-old woman facing charges in two states for the theft of five horses from Southern Arkansas University is also charged with her mother in connection to a fire at the mother’s home in Oklahoma. Jaci Rae Jackson and Wendie …
A former Bartlesville, Okla., restaurant owner has pleaded guilty to arson in connection with a 2009 fire that damaged the historic May Brothers Building in downtown Bartlesville. Robert Boyce was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday after pleading guilty …