Articles tagged: arson
Ann Arbor man to serve up to 10 years for lighting elevator on fire after sexual assault
Posted: Mar 19, 2013The 23-year-old Ann Arbor man who pleaded guilty to arson and sexual assault charges last month was sentenced in the Washtenaw County Trial Court Thursday to serve between 34 months and 10 years in prison, ... Read more »
Reward offered for information on stolen SUV torched in swamp
Posted: Dec 04, 2012Michael Chabot had a simple Monday morning planned: Wake up, get ready for work, get in his Jeep Grand Cherokee and head off to his job. That plan was immediately thrown off kilter when he ... Read more »
Chelsea Standard: Chelsea High School arson still under investigation
Posted: Nov 28, 2012Previous article: Fire set in bathroom causes Chelsea High School evacuation Police are still investigating a fire that was set in the Chelsea High School boys bathroom Oct. 25, the Chelsea Standard reported. Read more »
Committee offering $5,000 reward for information on Ann Arbor arson
Posted: Nov 13, 2012Ann Arbor police are investigating a suspected arson last week at a local bean grower, and the Michigan Arson Prevention Committee is offering a $5,000 reward for information related to the incident. Read more »
Arson suspected in fire that destroyed contractor's pickup truck in Ann Arbor
Posted: Sep 23, 2012A fire that investigators believe to be arson destroyed a pickup truck owned by a contractor working on the Stadium bridges construction project in Ann Arbor, University of Michigan police reported. Read more »
Man sentenced to 5 years probation for lighting apartment on fire
Posted: Aug 31, 2012Paul Morphew will spend the next five years on probation for trying to start his Saline apartment on fire. Read more »
Saline man pleads no contest to arson charge in apartment fire
Posted: Jul 09, 2012Paul Morphew, 22, of Saline, appeared in the Washtenaw County Trial Court Thursday where he pleaded no contest to a charge of arson in a dwelling. In March, Morphew was accused of trying to burn ... Read more »
Minivan fire latest in string of possible arsons
Posted: May 01, 2012An Ypsilanti Township minivan fire suspected to be arson could be connected to other recent blazes in the area, according to Fire Marshal Vic Chevrette. Read more »
U-M police investigating possible attempted arsons at South Quad
Posted: Feb 13, 2012University of Michigan police are investigating two incidents of smoldering paper found at the South Quadrangle residence hall Monday that police believe indicate attempted arsons. Read more »
Man who set fire to home while children were inside pleads no contest to arson
Posted: Dec 22, 2011A man prosecutors said set fire to an Ypsilanti Township home in April while a woman and her two children were inside pleaded no contest Wednesday afternoon to arson of a dwelling. Read more »
Ypsilanti man faces arson and domestic violence charges
Posted: Nov 30, 2011Ypsilanti police said a man is accused of assaulting his wife on Halloween and pouring lighter fluid on the floor of their home while two young children were inside. Antoine Lee-Edward Gill, 28, was arraigned ... Read more »
updated 1:50 p.m.: Man arrested after suspected arson in Pittsfield Township
Posted: Oct 04, 2011A man was arrested Monday night after authorities said he deliberately set a fire in a bathroom at his apartment at Arbor Pointe Apartments in Pittsfield Township and then resisted arrest. About 10:50 p.m., police ... Read more »
Man sentenced to probation for Thompson Block arson in Ypsilanti
Posted: Jul 13, 2011This story has been updated with additional information from the Washtenaw County Prosecutor's office. Jacob Popiolek was sentenced Tuesday to 5 years of probation for setting fire to the historic Thompson Block building in Ypsilanti. ... Read more »
Man pleads no contest to arson charge in Thompson Block fire
Posted: Jun 01, 2011A man accused of setting fire to the historic Thompson Block building in Ypsilanti's Depot Town in 2009 has pleaded no contest to an arson charge in the case. Jacob Popiolek, 21, of Ypsilanti, pleaded ... Read more »
Man set fire to Ypsilanti Township home while three people were inside, prosecutors say
Posted: Apr 22, 2011A man is accused of setting fire to a woman’s home in Ypsilanti Township on April 10 while she was inside with two of her children because he was upset she broke off a relationship ... Read more »
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