Man charged with arson after fire spreads to multiple homes in Kensington
A man was charged with murder and arson following a fire that killed a 66-year-old woman and displaced 23 residents in Kensington Friday morning.
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A man was charged with murder and arson following a fire that killed a 66-year-old woman and displaced 23 residents in Kensington Friday morning.
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Colonial Manor United Methodist Church in West Deptford, New Jersey is rising from the ashes following an arson, and it's all thanks to help from the community.
Michael McNeely, 42, was arrested and charged in connection with an arson in South Jersey last October, the Haddonfield Police Department announced Saturday.
A fire forced Colonial Manor United Methodist Church in West Deptford, New Jersey, to cancel its services on Sunday. A suspect has been arrested and charged with arson, police said.
Brian Cannon, 44, was charged with three counts of arson and is currently being held at the Salem County Correctional Facility while he awaits a detention hearing, according to police.
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Haddonfield police are investigating a string of arsons that have all happened at the same home. In each case, a car was set on fire.
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Police have said the fire set in the building's basement on Christmas Eve was a case of arson.
It happened in the Wissinoming section of Philadelphia.
Surveillance video shows the suspect setting fire to a flowerpot outside a home on the 2000 block of West Venango Street in the city's Nicetown-Tioga neighborhood.
The incident happened on the 1600 block of Francis Street just after midnight on Christmas.
Officials believe someone intentionally set the fire. The majority of the building is undamaged.
The building hosted the first Continental Congress in 1774.
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"I don't understand how somebody can be so evil," the mother of the victim said.
Aaron Clark is charged with arson and first-degree murder.
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