A federal appeals court has upheld the convictions of a West Virginia man who hired his neighbors to burn his duplex to collect insurance money. Michael L. White of Chapmanville is serving 61/2 years in federal prison after being convicted …
A federal judge on Wednesday sentenced a woman to eight years in prison for torching a failing restaurant she owned in a Cheyenne, Wyo., hotel two years ago, an act prosecutors say endangered more than 50 people staying there. U.S. …
A Youngstown, Ohio, woman has been convicted of setting fire to a rental property in order to collect insurance money, said Steven M. Dettelbach, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio. Latasha Curtis, 33, was convicted on one …
Officials say 221 names were listed during the first year of Ohio’s registry for people convicted of arson-related offenses. When Ohio joined the few states that require such offenders to register with authorities, officials hoped it would help solve more …
A Duluth, Minn., building contractor convicted of vandalizing a client’s duplex over a billing fight has been sentenced to almost seven years in prison. A jury convicted 35-year-old Adam Leroy Seavey of first-degree arson. He was sentenced Friday to the …
A man collapsed in court and died after being convicted Thursday of deliberately burning down his $3.5 million Phoenix, Ariz., mansion. Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies said they were investigating whether Michael Marin put something in his mouth that led to …