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Vehicles Found Torched On West and Northwest Sides
(WGN-AM)- Police and firefighters Tuesday morning found at least 17 vehicles set on fire in three locations on the West and Northwest Sides. Seven vehicles were found in the 1600 block of North Keeler Avenue, an additional six were found in the 1600...Tags: Chicago Fire Department, Chicago Tribune, Crimes, Vehicles, Crime, Law and Justice
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Million Dollar Bond Set For Alledged Montgomery Arsonist
(WGN-AM)- A Montgomery man charged in a weekend arson blaze that killed two family members was told he could face the death penalty during a brief court appearance in Kendall County on Monday. Theddias Amone LeSure, 21, was assigned a public defender and...Tags: Crimes, Lawyers, Death Penalty, Punishment, Crime, Law and Justice
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Police: Deadly Arlington Heights Fire Was Arson
(WGN-AM)- The early morning Arlington Heights fire that killed a woman and boy and injured three others was an arson, police said.
Police this morning identified the people killed in the fire in the single family residence in the 100 block of East Park...Tags: Cook County, Lawyers, Crimes, Arlington Heights, Crime, Law and Justice
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Third Death In Arlington Heights Fire
(WGN-AM)- The suspicious fire early Tuesday morning at a home in northwest suburban Arlington Heights has claimed a third family member's life.
Kevin Finnerty, 46, died early this morning of severe burns, according to the Cook County medical examiner's...Tags: Chicago Tribune, Crimes, Arlington Heights, Death, Crime, Law and Justice
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Elderly Glencoe Couple, Dogs Saved From House Fire
(WGN-AM)- An elderly Glencoe couple and their two dogs were lucky to be alive Friday after they were pulled from their burning smoke-filled home by firefighters and police, authorities said. Glencoe police received a 911 call shortly before 2 a.m. from a...Tags: Cat (animal), Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago Tribune, Dog (animal), Crimes
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Two Seriously Hurt In Reported Explosion At West Side Building
(WGN-AM)- Two people were injured--but not as seriously as originally thought--in a "massive explosion" that tore through a commercial biodiesel and vegetable oil plant on the West Side, authorities said.
The two victims, a truck driver and a plant...Tags: Health and Safety at Work, Crimes, Humboldt Park, Hazardous Materials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Woman Charged with Burning Husband's Bed
(WGN-AM) - A West Side woman was held in lieu of $500,000 bail Saturday, accused of setting her estranged husband's bed on fire. The man wasn't home at the time, but other people were in the apartment, including the man's 85-year-old grandfather, who had...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Prosecution, Judges, Chicago Tribune, Justice System
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Investigators Say Lovers' Rivarly led to Arson
(WGN-AM) - A lovers' rivalry was to blame for a November fire on Chicago's Northwest Side that injured a mother and her two daughters, federal authorities said Tuesday as they charged two individuals with arson in connection with the blaze. Rafael...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Social Issues, Chicago Tribune, Crimes, Jefferson Park
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Mother of Alleged Arsonist to Be Extradited to Germany
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES, Calif. (KTLA) -- The mother of the man suspected of setting dozens of fires in Hollywood will be extradited back to her native Germany, a judge ruled on Thursday. Dorothee Burkhart, 53, had been fighting extradition to Germany, where she...Tags: International Law, Prosecution, Mental Illness, Trials, Behavioral Conditions
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Investigators can’t find cause of office fire
TribLocal - Downers Grove » NewsThe cause of a March blaze that destroyed the office of state Sen. Ron Sandack and others cannot be determined, though arson has not been …... -
Officials suspect arson in Shelbyville grandstands fire
Officials with the Shelbyville Fire Department announced Wednesday they suspect arson was the cause of the fire that engulfed the grandstands at the Shelby County Fairgrounds last Saturday. The fire started at approximately 1 a.m. Saturday, May 19....
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Norfolk church fire ruled arson
757-247-7870A fire that heavily damaged a Norfolk church earlier this month has be ruled an arson, Norfolk fire officials said Wednesday. Following a nearly two week investigation, Norfolk Fire Marshals concluded the fire was deliberately set at Royster Memorial...
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