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News Articles: arson

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer at 10 Downing Street in London.

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London police arrest suspect for fire at Prime Minister Keir Starmer's old home

Police say they're investigating a 21-year-old suspect in connection with three fires over the past week, at properties linked to the British prime minister.

May 13, 2025
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  • Lauren Frayer
Investigators are on the scene after an overnight fire at the governor's official residence on Sunday, April 13, 2025 in Harrisburg.

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Suspect arrested after fire at Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's residence, police say

Cody Balmer, 38, jumped the fence outside the Governor's Residence in Harrisburg early Sunday morning and set a fire, Pennsylvania State Police say. Fortunately, Shapiro and his family escaped injury.

April 14, 2025
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By:
  • Chandelis Duster
A black burn mark can be seen on an excavator at a townhome development site on Memorial Drive in Kirkwood. Atlanta Police say they believe suspected arsonists are opponents of the public safety training center, also known as ‘Cop City.’

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Atlanta Police say attempted arson at Kirkwood townhome development tied to ‘Cop City’ opponents

Atlanta Police are searching for arsonists they say set fire to construction equipment at a Kirkwood townhome development site to protest the city’s controversial public safety training center.

August 15, 2024
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By:
  • Dyana Bagby
Sen. Bernie Sanders addresses Unite Here Local 11 workers protesting outside of Figueroa Hotel in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. Authorities charged a man with setting a fire at his Burlington, Vt., office that same day.

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A man was charged with setting a fire at Sen. Bernie Sanders' Vermont office

A 35-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly set fire to a door outside the senator's office on Friday, trapping people inside and damaging the building. No injuries were reported.

April 07, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman and
  • Emma Bowman
This photo provided by the Atlanta Police Department show torched police motorcycles after a July 1, 2023, attack at a police precinct in southeast Atlanta. Authorities on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024, announced they have arrested John Robert Mazurek, 30, in connection with the attack and charged him with first-degree arson.

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Man accused of torching police motorcycles in attack authorities have linked to 'Cop City' protests

A man believed to be one of the opponents of a planned police and firefighter training facility in Atlanta has been arrested on charges of torching eight police motorcycles last summer. The attack was one of about two dozen acts of arson that officials have linked to protests against a facility that opponents call "Cop City."

February 08, 2024
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  • Associated Press
This Jan. 22, 2018, file photo, shows Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s birth home which is operated by the National Park Service. The National Park Service has bought the home in Atlanta, Georgia, where Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929.

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Woman charged with attempted arson of Martin Luther King Jr. birthplace in Atlanta

Atlanta police have arrested a woman who's accused of trying to burn down the birth home of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta. Police say a preliminary investigation shows the woman had poured gasoline on the property before people at the site stopped her.

December 08, 2023
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  • Associated Press
In this Saturday, June 13, 2020 file photo, "RIP Rayshard" is spray-painted on a sign as flames engulf a Wendy's restaurant where Rayshard Brooks was shot and killed by police in Atlanta. Three people have been indicted on arson charges in the burning of the Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta where a police officer fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in June 2020.

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2 plead guilty in fire at Atlanta Wendy's restaurant during protest after Rayshard Brooks killing

Two of three people charged with arson in the burning of the Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta where a police officer fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in June 2020 have pleaded guilty after reaching deals with prosecutors.

December 05, 2023
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  • Associated Press
Atlanta Police on Aug. 1 released this photo of “persons of interest” who they say are connected to a series of fires officials allege were targeted attacks against the department and others tied to the development of the city’s planned public safety training center.

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Atlanta Police link recent ‘Cop City’ arson attacks to fire at Westside youth center

The Atlanta Police Department said last year’s fire at a Westside youth center is linked to a recent spate of arson attacks by opponents of the city’s planned public safety training center, dubbed “Cop City.”

August 02, 2023
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  • Dyana Bagby
David Crawford, a former police chief in Laurel, Md., was hit with a lengthy prison sentence over a string of arson attacks on homes and cars.

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A police chief who became a serial arsonist is sentenced to life terms, plus 75 years

Surveillance video showed the Maryland arsonist gushing gasoline on homes before lighting fires that were sometimes explosive. One entry on his "target list" read simply, "White Privilege."

June 28, 2023
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  • Bill Chappell
This photo shows the building where a fire broke out on Friday in Osaka, western Japan, that killed more than 20 people.

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  • Asia

Police search house of man linked to deadly Osaka fire

The possible suspect is believed to be among the three people who survived the fire and were in severe condition, police said.

December 18, 2021
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  • The Associated Press
By the time it was contained, the Caldor fire had destroyed more than 1,000 structures, damaged 81, injured at least five people and forced some 50,000 people to evacuate from the Lake Tahoe area.

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A father and son were arrested in connection with California's massive Caldor Fire

David Scott Smith, 66, and Travis Shane Smith, 32, are accused of "reckless arson" in connection with the Caldor Fire, which burned more than 220,000 acres across three California counties this fall.

December 09, 2021
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  • Rachel Treisman
Former Laurel, Md., police chief David Crawford is under arrest, facing dozens of criminal charges related to a string of arson attacks on homes and garages.

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A Former Police Chief In Md. Was A 'Serial Arsonist,' Authorities Say

In a stunning turn of events, David Crawford, a law enforcement veteran, is now under arrest and facing dozens of charges in connection to at least 12 fires at homes, garages and cars.

March 04, 2021
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  • Bill Chappell
A blighted home that was set on fire recently on Patterson Street in Macon.

String Of Arsons In Blighted Homes In Macon

A string of 32 arsons that began in January in Macon-Bibb County has almost doubled the pace of firefighting in the county. There were 11 arsons in...

April 30, 2018
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By:
  • Grant Blankenship

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