The son of a sheriff’s deputy was charged with burning down three predominately black churches in southern Louisiana over the past two weeks, officials said on Thursday, saying they acted quickly out of concern he would strike again. Holden Matthews, …
Investigators are looking for witnesses and tips after a weekend fire caused $1.5 million damage to a church in the southwest Washington community of Hazel Dell. The Columbian reports that no one was inside Amazing Grace Baptist Church when the …
Jurors have determined that the Agape Baptist Church must pay $471,798.50 to a man who was severely burned after setting fire to a pile of trash while working off community service hours. The verdict announced Tuesday in Ocala includes $300,000 …
Los Angeles County prosecutors say a convicted arsonist has been ordered to pay $8.9 million in restitution and serve an 18-year sentence for setting a church fire in Hacienda Heights. Deputy District Attorney Renee Rose says 35-year-old Gregory Yusuke Shiga …
State fire investigators say a blaze that destroyed a 50-year-old church in central Georgia over the weekend was arson. Fire Investigators with Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens’ office said the fire started around 5:30 a.m. Sunday at the …
A western Kentucky fire chief says lightning accompanying a storm likely caused a blaze that gutted the auditorium of a church in Owensboro and cut off power to the neighborhood, including Brescia University. The fire started at about 3:30 CDT …
The state fire marshal’s office is investigating a blaze that gutted a church sanctuary in south Macon, Ga. The Telegraph reports that flames tore through the roof of the Reaching Souls Cathedral of Praise Apostolic Church early Monday morning. Macon-Bibb …
The Mount Vernon Fire Department, in Wash., says a church fire early Sunday was arson. The fire damaged the sanctuary, kitchen and a storage area at Trinity Lutheran Church, but the structure remains intact. KBRC reports the federal Bureau of …
Authorities believe a fire at a church in Oconto County of northeastern Wisconsin last month was set intentionally. The Brazeau Fire Department responded to the Klondike Community Church just outside of Coleman in the late hours of Monday, March 19. …