Topic
Arson
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Morristown New Jersey Criminal Law Post
Butler NJ Man, Woman Admit Setting Fire to Vernon Township Restaurant
The two owners of the Jerzeez Diner in Vernon Township recently pleading guilty to arson and admitted to intentionally setting fire to the restaurant. The suspects, a 49-year-old Butler NJ…
Morristown New Jersey Criminal Law Post
Fire at Hanover Hotel, Police Investigate as Possible Arson
Hanover Township police are investigating a fire at a local hotel, with authorities believing that it may have been a case of arson. The fire happened last weekend at the…
Oklahoma Insurance Law
There’s More Than One Way To Burn Down An Apartment Complex!
had You can take the girl out of the country, but you can't take the country out of the girl! A woman burned down an apartment building causing reportedly $2…
Carpe Datum Law
Pacemaker Data May Be Smoking Gun in Aggravated Arson Case
On September 19, 2016, Ross Compton told police that when he noticed a fire in his Middleton, Ohio home, he hastily packed suitcases, broke a window with his cane, and…
Oklahoma Insurance Law
I Didn’t Burn My House; I Want My Insurance Claim Paid!
Adjusters investigating fire claims have to make a decision. The cause of the fire is important. Accidental fires are usually covered by the policy. Intentional fires are not owed. Did…
The Right Coast
Kentucky man starts forest fire and films himself reporting it to his Facebook channel | Daily Mail Online
An aspiring weatherman started a forest fire then filmed himself reporting from the scene in a desperate attempt to draw fans to his Facebook page. Johnny Mullins started the blaze in…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
It’s Not Enough For An Insurance Company To Allege An Insured “May” Have Committed Arson
All too often in fire claims insurance companies are quick to deny a fire claim and assert that the insured was involved in setting the fire. But is it enough…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Fire Claim Was Not Mischief but Other Courts Disagree
Going way back to the roots of insurance, fire was the peril that insurance was designed to protect. Fire damage and smoke are incredibly damaging and cause many injuries and…
The Right Coast
Police: Teen targeting ex-boyfriend sets wrong car on fire – CBS News
CBS affiliate WTSP reportsthatpolice in Clearwater, Florida arrested 19-year-old Carmen Chamblee after sheset fire to a car. She told detectives that she thought the car belonged to herex-boyfriend but that…
Camden New Jersey Criminal Law Blog
Man Who Allegedly Started Fatal Fire in Camden NJ Set to Be Extradited from Texas
Police in Texas recently arrested a man who allegedly started a deadly fire and committed arson in Camden NJ more than a decade ago. The fire resulted in the deaths…