A Maryland jury returned a guilty verdict against a former police chief accused of setting fire to buildings belonging to his adversaries.

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An 11-year-old boy was charged with arson in a fire that destroyed a Maryland dollar store earlier this month, state fire investigators announced.

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Saying the boy was essentially just playing with matches, a Maryland appeals court has overturned a finding that the youngster was involved in attempted arson in a Salisbury neighborhood. The boy – identified in court papers as David P. – ...

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WILLIAMSPORT — A county circuit court in Maryland sentenced a veteran who burned his parents’ house down to 18 months in jail and recommended participation in an alternative program to incarceration. The Herald Mail reports 58-year-old David Edward Carr pleaded ...

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MIDDLE RIVER — A Baltimore city firefighter has been charged with setting his own house on fire. Baltimore County police say 33-year-old Joseph Heinze was arrested Wednesday and charged with first-degree arson. Police say Heinze set fire to his house ...

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ANNAPOLIS — An Anne Arundel County man who admitted setting fire to a Glen Burnie home in a jealous rage and returning to take selfies has been sentenced to 55 years in prison. Prosecutors announced Tuesday that 26-year-old Justin Clum ...

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UPPER MARLBORO — Fire officials say a woman who fled a house fire and was photographed lying on the ground with her dog guarding her has been charged with setting an earlier fire in the same house. Mark Brady is ...

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ANNAPOLIS — Court documents say a man who burned down a Glen Burnie house in a jealous rage went back to the site and took selfies in front of the ruins. Twenty-six-year-old Justin Michael Clum of Pasadena was charged Saturday ...

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An elderly man who spent 24 years in prison for his daughter’s death in a fire will remain free after a federal appeals court in Pennsylvania on Wednesday refused to reinstate his murder conviction. Han Tak Lee, 80, a native ...

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A man who conspired to burn down his Lutherville home to collect $3 million in insurance money was sentenced to four years in prison. Saleh H. Fakhoury, 49, had pleaded guilty and was sentenced Tuesday in U.S. District Court in ...

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