Church destroyed in suspicious fire
FARMINGTON — Fire officials continue to investigate arson as a possible cause for the three-alarm structure fire that destroyed the Light House Church on U.S. 64 early Saturday morning, authorities said. The church building was a total loss, Church Pastor John Schrock said. "It was horrible and devastating to see the damage and the loss,"
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Dublin church fire ruled arson
A fire that destroyed a Dublin church Friday has been ruled an arson, authorities said Tuesday. A trained dog sniffing through the debris of the fire at Central Baptist Church on Tuesday pinpointed a couple of spots where an accelerant may have been used, and those samples have been sent off for testing,
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Girl, 15, who started church blaze is jailed
A TEENAGE girl who started a fire which caused £600,000 of damage to the parish church at Thursby near Carlisle has been jailed after flouting a court order which would have allowed her to keep her freedom. The girl, who is 15 and lives in Carlisle, was given a 12-month referral order in June
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$10,000 reward offered for information about Dublin church fire
Up to $10,000 in reward money is being offered for information about Friday’s fire that destroyed Central Baptist Church in Dublin, a state fire marshal’s office official said Monday. The reward is being offered by the state insurance commissioner’s office and Georgia Arson Control
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Motion delays trial in arson of historic church
WAVERLY — The trial for a man accused of setting fire to a historic church has been delayed while the court decides a motion to suppress his confessions. David B. Longworth, 33, was arrested after law enforcement responded to the fire at Hamman Church near Piketon about 12:23 a.m. March 27. Longworth
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Alleged arsonists behind bars on $250K bond
POMEROY — The three men and woman charged in the Monday arson at Hemlock Grove Church of Christ remain in jail on quarter million-dollar bonds. Christopher Divers, 19, New Haven, W.Va., Jeffrey M. Mullins, 18, Rutland, and Joseph Satterfield, 19, Racine, appeared before County Court Judge Steven
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Suspicious fire destroys donations collected by ministry
ORLANDO — Arson investigators are trying to track down a man believed to have started a fire that destroyed donations collected by an Orlando faith organization. The fire started around 9:30 p.m. Tuesday at a building used by the group Nehemiah Church Ministries on Parramore Avenue and West Livingston
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James admits guilt in arson, church fund theft
Terri L. James pleaded guilty to arson and theft Friday for setting a house fire March 17 in an attempt to conceal embezzlement of tens of thousands of dollars from her Ottawa church. Assistant county prosecutor Greg Sticka announced the limited plea agreement in which James admitted guilt to residential
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Police search home of pastor whose church was set on fire
The pastor of a Vinton church who police suspect set fire to his church last year may have been trying to cover up an embezzlement, according to a search warrant filed Thursday. No one has been charged in the March 10, 2009, arson that caused $100,000 in damage to New Beginning Baptist Church in the
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Church arsonist pleads guilty to Seneca vandalism
SENECA — Walhalla church arsonist Cody Christian Dean LeCroy was hauled from a Seneca courtroom in handcuffs Tuesday after pleading guilty to 12 counts of malicious destruction of property. LeCroy, 18, of Walhalla, can escape 90 days in jail by paying fines totaling $25,560. Seneca Municipal Judge
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Kincaid church fire could be latest in string of arsons
KINCAID – Midland United Methodist Church could be the latest victim of a string of arsons that has plagued the Kincaid area for more than a year. Christian County Sheriff David Mahan said a fire was discovered at the church about 4:45 a.m. Sunday. At the time, firefighters and deputies were at
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Georgia man agrees to plead guilty to arson, fraud in Gardendale First Baptist fires
A 46-year-old Georgia man today agreed to plead guilty to mail fraud and arson after two fires damaged Gardendale First Baptist Church in April, according to a statement from U.S. Attorney Joyce White Vance. Donny Ray Horton of Hoschton, Ga. was charged in connection in fires set on April 3 and April
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Prosecutor Wants Boy Tried As Adult In Church Burning
NASHVILLE, Ind. — Brown County Prosecutor Jim Oliver wants to try a 17-year-old boy among six other adult suspects in a church arson as an adult. Investigators said they think the boy is the person who started the fire that destroyed the Grandview Apostolic Church on July 14. Prosecutors contend
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Walhalla church arsonist to enter Georgia rehab program, gets no jail time
WALHALLA — Cody Christian Dean LeCroy will spend no time in jail for burning a Walhalla church if he completes a Georgia drug rehabilitation program. Tenth Circuit Solicitor Chrissy Adams said Tuesday she was disappointed that Judge Cordell Maddox had not given LeCroy, 18, any of the up to 25
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Church arson suspects speak out
NASHVILLE, Ind. (WISH) – The number of suspects in an arson that destroyed a Brown County church keeps growing. Another 18-year-old is in now custody. 24-Hour News 8's Rick Dawson talked exclusively with him and another suspect about their involvement in the alleged crime. 18-year-old Dalton
