An Ypsilanti Township minivan fire suspected to be arson could be connected to other recent blazes in the area, according to Fire Marshal Vic Chevrette.
University of Michigan police are investigating two incidents of smoldering paper found at the South Quadrangle residence hall Monday that police believe indicate attempted arsons.
A 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.
Ypsilanti 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 Tuesday at the Washtenaw County Jail on charges of domestic violence, arson-preparing to burn property ...
A 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 and firefighters responded to a first-floor apartment at the complex, where a fire was burning ...
This 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. Judge Donald Shelton told Popiolek, 21, he has a choice to take his future on ...
A 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 no contest Tuesday to the charge of arson — preparing to burn property of more ...
A 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 with him, Washtenaw County prosecutors said. Akil Azim Alexander, 28, of Dearborn Heights, was arraigned ...
Two 17-year-olds accused of starting a fire that heavily damaged a vacant barn in Pittsfield Township each face a charge of arson of real property, a 10-year felony. Kyle Clossick of York Township was released on personal recognizance at his arraignment Sunday. Nicholas Arhangelos of Pittsfield Township, was jailed on ...
Pittsfield Township police have arrested two 17-year-old Saline High School students in connection with a barn fire Thursday that investigators say was started intentionally.
A vehicle stolen from Inkster was set on fire Thursday morning near the intersection of Cherry Hill and Gale roads in Superior Township, Washtenaw County sheriff's deputies said. The fire was reported at 9 a.m., a sheriff's department media summary said.
A truck stolen from Garden City was set on fire early Sunday near the intersection of Woodale Avenue and Coolidge Road in Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw County sheriff's deputies said. Firefighters responded to the 12:05 a.m. blaze and extinguished it, sheriff's department spokesman Sgt. David Archer said.
A Warren man accused of setting off a pipe bomb outside a Freedom Township bar in 2009 has pleaded guilty to three of the felony counts against him. Nichlolas Casper Kraus, 21, pleaded guilty Friday to arson of a dwelling house, which carries a maximum possibility of 20 years in ...
A third suspect in the planned firebombing of a Freedom Township bar has entered into a plea agreement as court dates for the remaining co-defendants approach. Joshua McClellan, 24, pleaded guilty to arson of a dwelling, arson of real property, and placing an explosive near property causing damage, court records show.
A repeat arsonist who torched an Augusta Township home over the summer is heading back to prison. Gregory Craig, 45, pleaded guilty to one count of arson of a dwelling in Washtenaw County Circuit Court, records show. Counts of breaking and entering with intent to commit arson, and being a ...
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