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7 Hospitalized, 30 Displaced After Arson Damages 6 Homes In Pennsylvania: Police
A fire in Allentown that injured seven people, including four firefighters, and displaced 30 residents is now being investigated as arson, authorities announced Friday, Dec. 27.
Santos Mota-Ramirez, 60, of Allentown, has been charged in connection with the fire, police announced Friday.
The blaze began around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 26, in the 700 block of West Cedar Street and quickly spread to six adjacent row homes, according to the Allentown Fire Department.
Dozens of firefighters battled the flames, which left five families displaced and caused severe damage to multiple homes, offi…
IT'S Over: Fugitive Sought For Setting Humc Co-Worker On Fire Found Dead Of Suicide
UPDATE: A contract nurse who fled after authorities said he set a 54-year-old colleague at Hackensack University Medical Center on fire was found dead of his own hand in South Jersey, authorities said.
The body of Nicholas Pagano, 31, of West Deptford was found in a wooded area of Waterford Township, in Camden County, a two-hour drive of more than 100 miles from Hackensack, early Tuesday, Feb. 8, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said.
He'd shot himself once in the chest, apparently with a gun that had been stolen from his brother's home, law enforcement sources said.
HUMC employees w…
Chester City Man Set Fire To Home While Kids Ages 16, 12, 5, 4 Months Were Asleep
A Chester City man was arrested on multiple charges including attempted homicide and aggravated arson after he intentionally set a fire while four kids aged, 16, 12, five, and four months were asleep in a home, authorities announced.
Video surveillance obtained by investigators shows a man -- later identified as 38-year-old Brian Keith Showell -- starting a fire at the back door of the Vauclain Street home on May 13, according to the Delaware County District Attorney's office.
Showell was seen spraying an unknown liquid on the fire, authorities said.
The victim was able to identi…
