Tagged with " arson"

Apartment residents evacuated in overnight fire

Arson investigators are looking into a suspicious fire early Thursday morning on the city's north side.

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Teen arsonist to be tried as an adult

Less than two weeks from his 18th birthday, Columbus teenager Aaron Rider learned Tuesday he will be tried as an adult for his alleged role in the July 14 arson that destroyed a historic church in southwestern Brown County.

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Published 17 days ago

4 charged in arson of Plainfield home

Four people were arrested Tuesday in connection with the suspected arson of a Plainfield historical home.

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4 Arrested In Historic Farmhouse Fire

Four people face an arson charge in connection with a July fire at a historic, vacant home.

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Attorney for IMPD officer accused of arson wants statements thrown out

The attorney for the IMPD officer arrested on multiple arson charges wants his client's statements thrown out.

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Playground Vandalized Day Before School Starts

The playground outside of Sugar Grove Elementary School in Greenwood is vandalized.

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Arsonist destroty school playground

Johnson County deputies are searching for the person who set the South Grove Elementary school playground on fire and wrote “P2” in feces on one of the school’s doors and on a window.

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Woman loses bid for new trial, appeals

A Greensburg woman – who said she was wrongfully convicted 14 years ago of an arson that killed her son – has lost her latest bid for a new trial and is now taking her case to the Indiana Court of Appeals.

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Prank goes wrong, woman suffers burns

A woman suffered second-degree burns to her face, hands and arms after a prank at westside residence went horribly wrong.  

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Vacant house fire is a difficult blaze to battle

When firefighters arrived, heavy smoke was pouring from the house.

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Arson Suspected in 2 Noblesville Fires

Two recent fires in Noblesville are being ruled as arson. The first happened early Friday morning in the 7700 block of East 160th Street. The second happened early Sunday morning in the 15000 block of Cherry Tree Road. Both homes were vacant and...

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Officials investigate Noblesville house fires

Fire investigators are looking into a pair of fires in vacant homes in Hamilton County.

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Officials: Arson hits 2 Noblesville homes

NOBLESVILLE, Ind. -- A vacant home was destroyed Sunday in what Noblesville Fire Department officials said was an arson fire. It was the second arson fire in the area in two days, said Division Chief Rick Russell. The fire Sunday was reported just...

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Reward Offered After Arsons Gut 2 For-Sale Homes

A $5,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest in two break-ins and arsons of vacant, for-sale homes in recent days in Noblesville.

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Ex-IMPD cop seeks separate trials on arson charges

Defense lawyers for a former Indianapolis police officer accused of setting a string of fires have asked a judge to put each offense before a separate jury.

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IMPD: Man lit house on fire

Indianapolis police arrested a man Wednesday who they say threw gasoline on a home and lit a match to it.

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Prosecutor Wants Boy Tried As Adult In Church Burning

Brown County Prosecutor Jim Oliver wants to try a 17-year-old boy among six other adult suspects in a church arson as an adult.

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Accused arsonist may face adult charges

The 17-Year-old from Columbus who witnesses say torched a Brown County church was in court Tuesday.

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LSD Use Linked to Brown County Church Arson

Investigators say a group of teenagers decided to burn down a rural southern Indiana church after taking LSD and coming to believe that it belonged to Satan worshippers. Court documents filed in Brown County court say six 18-year-old men and a 17-year-old male from Columbus agreed days in advance to burn down the Grandview Apostolic Church. State fire investigator Timothy ...

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Another Arson Arrest

The Indiana State Fire Marshal’s office has made a seventh arrest in the intentionally set fire on July 14 at the Grandview Apostolic Church in Brown County. 19-year-old Skylar Ping joining six other people that were arrested this week, including one juvenile. The boys reportedly told an informant that they burned the church down while they were on LSD saying the church was satanic. The ...

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