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Arsonist, 25, Booted By Brother Torches Trailer In Hagerstown: Cops
A Hagerstown man has been charged with setting fire to his brother's utility trailer hauling brush this week, authorities announced.
Christian Reyes Torres, 25, had been staying with his brother but was asked to leave on Thursday, Dec. 14, the State Fire Marshal's Office said.
Torres later returned and began arguing with family members, and threatened to burn down the house, officials said.
It wasn't long before it was discovered that Torres' brother's trailer was found engulfed in flames, along with the brush and tree limbs it had been hauling, officials said.
Firefighters extinguished t…
Pair Faces Life In Prison For Using Explosive Device To Rob 7-Eleven ATMs In DMV Region
Two men are facing federal charges in Maryland for an explosive scheme that saw them set fire to convenience stores in an effort to rob ATMs, according to officials.
Stephen Kennedy, 33, of Temple Hills, Maryland, and Donnell Kelly, 33, of Washington, DC, have been charged on a 10-count indictment by a federal grand jury on a host of charges following a yearlong conspiracy.
Prosecutors say that between January 2021 and January 2022, the pair conspired to commit arsons at 7-Eleven stores so that they could obtain cash contained in ATMs inside the stores.
Specifically, the indictment …
Former Maryland Volunteer Firefighter Sentenced For Intentionally Setting Vacant House Blazes
A volunteer firefighter in Maryland who sparked, not fought several blazes at vacant homes in Prince George's County has been sentenced, the state's attorney announced.
Jeremy Hawkins, a former West Lanham Hills Volunteer firefighter, has been sentenced to 15 years each on two counts of arson, with all but time served suspended, followed by three years supervised probation and a requirement to serve 120 hours of community service, according to Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy.
Officials say that between Dec. 1, 2019, and Jan. 31, 2020, five West Lanham Hill Volunteer …
Maryland Man Accused Of Torching Home, Killing Teacher, Pets With Family In Virginia: Sheriff
Authorities say that a Maryland man and a family member have been arrested and charged in connection to the death of a 29-year-old teacher in Virginia.
Leonardtown resident Demitri Raymond Gardiner, 28, and Michael John Gardiner, 35, of Montross, Virginia, are both facing a host of charges in Westmoreland County for their alleged roles in the brutal murder of Taylor Wood, 29, also of Montrose, and several of her pets, the sheriff’s office announced.
According to the Westmoreland County Sheriff’s Office, the agency was notified shortly before 12:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 28 of a structure fire…
Maryland Firebug Convicted Of Arson, Murdering Four People In Townhouse Fire
Prosecutors announced that the Maryland woman who set a townhouse on fire in May 2019 has been found guilty of arson, murder, and assault charges for killing her housemates.
Edgewood resident Bobbie Sue Hodge, 63, is likely to spend the rest of her life in prison for her role in a massive townhouse fire in the early hours of May 9, 2019, Harford County State’s Attorney Albert Peisinger, Jr. announced on Tuesday, Oct. 25.
Specifically, Hodge was convicted of:
Arson;
Four counts of felony murder;
Three counts of second-degree assault.
Shortly before 2:30 a.m. on the night of the fatal fir…
Arlington Man Who Burned, Stabbed Virginia Mother To Death Apprehended: Police
Police have arrested the man who stabbed a Falls Church woman to death before setting her on fire, officials said.
On August 10 at around 3 p.m., police responded to the 2900 block of Willston Place where they found Silvia Abacay, 40, of Falls Church, on fire and suffering from multiple stab wounds, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.
Fire officials put out the flames and Abacay was pronounced dead the scene, police reported.
Surveillance footage from the area showed Richard Montano, 47, of Arlington, entering Abacay's home shortly before her murder, authoriti…
'If I Can't Have Her, No One Can', Maryland Arsonist Sentenced After Setting Ex's Home On Fire
"If I can't have her, nobody can, or at least no one in Baltimore," were the chilling words of a man who pleaded guilty to setting his ex's house on fire, authorities say.
Luther Moody Trent, 21, compared the volatile relationship to Romeo and Juliet, in an interview with an unspecified local news station where he claimed to have set the victim's home on fire back on May 21, 2021, according to the Department of Justice.
Trent admitted to pouring and igniting gasoline along the exterior of the home around 1:30 a.m. that spring morning while the victim and two others were inside.
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