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Suspected arsonist is in custody after fires at 2 homes in east Springfield
E-mail: cbrewer@schurz.com / Twitter: @iamchrisbrewerSPRINGFIELD, Mo. -- One person is suspected of starting fires at two homes in east Springfield. Firefighters responded to a home at 3180 S. Valley View Ave. and put out a fire in the basement of a three story home. Firefighters rescued Denise...Tags: Broken Bones, Hospitals and Clinics, Injuries and Wounds
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Investigators Determine Fire at Former Home of Double Homicide Victims `Unintentional,' Family Speaks Out about the Fire
Reporter, Photographer, PhotographerArson investigators are calling a fire at the home of a slain Willard couple “unintentional.” Detectives say faulty wiring in the attic caused the fire that destroyed the former home of slain Rebecca and Russell Porter. On April 17,...Tags: Crimes, Murder
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Four Arson Fires Under Investigation, Victim of Fire 'I'm just sad the house is gone'
Reporter, PhotographerAfter a rash of arson fires Lebanon firefighters, Lebanon police and members of the State Fire Marshal’s Office are asking for tips to help find the person or persons responsible for intentionally setting four vacant homes on fire. Dennis Decker is...Tags: Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice, Lebanon
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Sheriff: Suspected arsonists set fires because `they were bored,' more charges expected
Reporter, PhotographerThe Lawrence County sheriff says a volunteer firefighter and two other men could face more arson charges. The Missouri State Highway Patrol has joined the investigation that could cross over county lines. “I wouldn't want somebody working on a...Tags: Prosecution, Crimes
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One arson charge dropped against Hinton suspect
The Register-Herald, Beckley, W.Va.One of two arson charges against a Hinton man accused of setting a fire that displaced around 50 Hinton residents and destroyed a block of row houses on Temple Street in February was dropped Friday by the Summers County Prosecutor's Office. Billy Joe...Tags: Prosecution, Lawyers, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Cajon HS freshman hailed as a hero
San Bernardino County Sun, Calif.A 15-year-old girl is being hailed as a hero after a two-alarm fire started in her home and she rushed to get her younger siblings out of the house to safety before calling 9-1-1. Storhmn Figueroa, heard the smoke alarm going off in her home in the 5500...Tags: Heroism
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BRIEF: Fire leaves Gilbert family homeless
Duluth News TribuneA Gilbert family is homeless after a fire destroyed two houses in the Iron Range community on Thursday night. Gilbert Fire Chief Dave Knutson said firefighters were called at about 10:30 p.m. to the 300 block of Wisconsin Avenue West, where two...Tags: Family
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Calexico warehouse fire remains under investigation
Staff WriterCALEXICO — Christmas music oddly played amid piles of charred Christmas decorations Friday morning as investigations of Thursday’s raging warehouse fire continued. Firefighters from all over the Valley as well as from Yuma and Mexicali...Tags: Holidays, Religious Festivals, Rubber Products Industry
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Ex-Compton fire official charged with arson, theft
Marcel Melanson was a hero in Compton. The fire battalion chief led teams that raced to help victims of car crashes and street violence. Three years ago, he got national exposure as a star of a BET reality TV program that followed Compton firefighters...
Tags: Black Entertainment Television (tv network), Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, Radio, Trials, Entertainment
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Three charged in Spicewood double homicide
Austin American-StatesmanNothing looks wrong outside the white house with red trim where County Road 425 starts to bend, but you can smell smoke when the wind blows just right. Authorities found two bodies at the Spicewood home after emergency workers received a call about a...Tags: Prosecution, Labor Legislation, Career and Workplace
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BRIEF: Arsons at Norfolk house frustrate firefighters
The Virginian-PilotFirefighters are frustrated after someone set fire three times to the house at 232 Glendale Ave. But what they're really concerned about is public safety. No one is renting the house, and the owners live in Hawaii, according to the fire department....Tags: Rentals
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Former Compton firefighter charged with arson, embezzlement
A former Compton firefighter pleaded not guilty Friday to charges of arson, grand theft and embezzlement in connection with a fire that destroyed hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of communications equipment in December 2011. Marcel Melanson, 37,...
Tags: Government, Public Officials, Law Enforcement, Embezzlement, Corporate Crime
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