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By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2011 - 2:34 pm
Above: WBNG footage of the scene at the First Baptist Church in Walton, destroyed by fire early this morning.
This just in from the Walton Police Department:
At approximately 3:25am, 911 received a call reporting a fire at the Baptist Church on the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jan. 3, 2011 - 11:52 am
Hate Crime in NYS 2009 Annual Report:
Last week, we reported that a gay artist in the sleepy hamlet of Pine Hill was possibly the victim of a hate crime when his house was torched on Thanksgiving. If it turns out that the arson was attacking... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010 - 9:33 am
Yesterday, the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office arrested 23-year-old Christopher Daughtery of Fulton for allegedly burning down a barn full of hay in the town of Wright on September 30. Here's a copy of the press release:
Doughtery press release --... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jul. 14, 2010 - 7:59 pm
From the Delaware County Sheriff's Department:
At approximately 7:30 p.m. on Thursday evening, July 8th, firefighters from East Branch and Downsville Volunteer Fire Departments and Delaware County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a structure fire on White... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 1, 2010 - 11:34 am
And despite a massive manhunt, he's still at large. From the Daily Freeman:
The Sheriff’s Office said in a prepared statement late Wednesday that it believes the robber set the fire to draw police away from the center of town so that he could pull off the... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Mar. 16, 2010 - 4:35 pm
Gilboa resident James E. Papas was arrested last week on charges that he intentionally set fire to his trailer and claimed he'd been blasted out of the window by an exploding furnace. A press release from the New York State Insurance Department:
Papas... Read more
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