Today, 21-year-old Tampa man, Terrance Lee Hester Jr. was sentenced to five years in federal prison for damaging or destroying by fire the Champs Sports store at 2301 East Fowler Avenue in Tampa. According to court documents, the events that led to Hester’s conviction occurred around midnight on May 31,Continue Reading
The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) announced today the arrest of 45-year-old Eugenio Rodriguez-Colina for the arson of the Incarnation Catholic Church. Video obtained from the church was used to identify the suspect who set fire to multiple pews on September 18. Four days later, on September 22, surveillance videoContinue Reading
A Spring Hill woman. Monica Gluck, was arrested for setting a house on fire with a blow torch, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office. Gluck, 35, of Spring Hill, was charged with one count each of arson to a dwelling and burglary to a dwelling. Police responded to aContinue Reading
A shocking video went viral on social media of a man who threw fireworks on a sleeping homeless man, setting the man on fire. Now NYPD announced the details, offering a $2,500 reward for information leading to an arrest in this case. The video shows a man throwing the litContinue Reading
Officials are offering more details surrounding the arrest of Natalie White for burning down the Atlanta Wendy’s, the scene for the Rayshard Brooks death, and White’s rumored relationship to Brooks. White has been identified Saturday as the Black Lives Matter supporter, the White woman seen on video torching Wendy’s, aContinue Reading
In the wake of the Rayshard Brooks shooting at the Wendy’s restaurant on University Avenue on Friday night, police are now seeking the arsonist behind the destruction of this Wendy’s. Police released a body cam clip from the Brooks incident, dividing America further. The Atlanta Police Department and Atlanta FireContinue Reading
On Friday, 30-year-old Joshua David Jordan of Seffner was sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for arson and for discharging a firearm during and in relation to attempted carjackings. The court also ordered Jordan to pay $82,200 in restitution to the victims of his crimes. Jordan had pleaded guiltyContinue Reading
A Citrus County man is in jail after police say he set the “fire because the “voices in his head told him to do it.” Raymond Hermann confessed to the crime, opening up with more details which were chronicled in the man’s arrest record. Citrus County Sheriff’s Office says Hermann set hisContinue Reading
A St. Petersburg couple, John Riggins and Sheron Pasco, remains hospitalized Wednesday with serious burn injuries as police are still investigating how and why a man set the woman on fire. Riggins and Pasco live with the woman’s uncle, Ernest Neal, who told police that the couple’s argument escalated out of control andContinue Reading
