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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Seventh suspect arrested in church fire
BROWN COUNTY, Ind. — Another arrest has been made in the arson of Brown County's Grandview Apostolic Church, making the seventh arrest in the case. According to a release from the Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office, Skylar C. Ping,19, was arrested. Earlier this week, Indiana State Fire
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St. Petersburg church fire ruled arson
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – A fire that charred a St. Petersburg church has been ruled arson, ABC Action News has learned. Lt. Joel Granata of St. Petersburg Fire and Rescue told reporter Don Germaise, "It's definitely arson. We're still early in the investigation, that's all I can
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Church fire on Reservation under investigation
A late night fire at at a Presbyterian Church on the Tonawanda Indian Reservation may have been deliberately set, according to Tim Yaeger, emergency management coordinator for Genesee County. The fire is under investigation by the Genesee County Sheriff's Office, the Alabama Fire Department and
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Hateful Graffiti Discovered Near Burned Church
NASHVILLE, Ind. — Derogatory graffiti found near the burned shell of a historic Brown County church could be linked to this week's arson. Firefighters were called to the Grandview Apostolic Church at 8349 Grandview Road just before 5 a.m. on Wednesday, and investigators from the Indiana State
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ATF Investigates West Sac Church Fire
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigators in West Sacramento on Sunday said someone intentionally burned a church down. Investigators called the fire that broke out at the Broderick Christian Center at Sixth and Andrew streets Sunday morning suspicious.
Second Defendant in Springfield, Massachusetts, Church Arson Pleads Guilty
WASHINGTON, June 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Justice Department today announced that Thomas Gleason, 22, of Springfield, Mass., pleaded guilty to a superseding information charging him with two crimes related to the burning of the Macedonia Church of God in Christ, a predominantly African-American
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Ohio Co. church fire turns to criminal investigation
OHIO CO., KY (WFIE) – ATF agents and Kentucky State Police say they have no suspects now for the two fires at There Is Hope Community Church and Pastor Blacklock's home in Ohio Co., but they did find accelerants in Blacklock's home. "I can't conceive anything I've done in
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Massachusetts Man Pleads Guilty to Racially Motivated Church Arson
WASHINGTON—The Justice Department today announced that Benjamin Haskell, 23, of Springfield, Mass., pleaded guilty to a superseding information charging him with two crimes related to the burning of the Macedonia Church of God in Christ, a predominantly African-American church, in Springfield on
Pastor’s son pleads guilty in church fire
WINDER — Two of the three men charged with arson in a 2005 fire that destroyed New Life Deliverance Church pleaded guilty this morning in Barrow County Superior Court. Prosecutors believe the Rev. Quincy Arnold, 50, of Lawrenceville, asked his 25-year-old son Maurice Arnold to burn down his New
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Live bomb discovered in Carroll County, AR church
CARROLL COUNTY, AR — The discovery of a bomb at Osage Baptist Church in rural Carroll County has sent shockwaves through this community. Officials say they don't believe church members were the target here. Instead, they say voters may have been who this bomber was after. It's a crime
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Two Men Charged With Additional Counts for the Racially-Motivated Arson of a Massachusetts Church
WASHINGTON — A federal grand jury in the District of Massachusetts has charged Michael Jacques and Thomas Gleason of Springfield, Mass., in a three-count superseding indictment in relation to the arson of a church, the Justice Department announced. The superseding indictment alleges that
Investigators Look For Leads, Congregation Looks To The Future
TEMPLE (May 6, 2010)—Nearly four months has passed since the early-morning arson fire on Jan. 19 that destroyed the sanctuary, offices and fellowship hall of Temple’s First Baptist Church. The 70-year-old sanctuary and the other gutted buildings were bulldozed in March, and the church’s
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ATF offers reward for church fire information
WICHITA, Kansas – Authorities now say a fire at a Wichita church was suspicious and the feds are offering thousands of dollars in cash for information on what happened. It happened last week when fire ripped through a storage building at the Church at the Cross, 2901 W. Taft. Investigators say
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State Fire Marshal and ATF Seeks Assistance in Stark County Church Arson Investigation
Alliance, Ohio. — Investigators with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and the Division of State Fire Marshal today issued a request for the public’s assistance in an ongoing arson investigation in Stark County. The Division of State Fire Marshal, through the Blue
