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Rapid City Arsonist Gets Jail Time for Probation Violation

Associated Press — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:12:40 +0000

A man convicted as a teenager of breaking into a Rapid City home and setting it on fire to cover up the crime has been ordered to serve 90 days in jail for violating probation.

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Box Elder Man Pleads Not Guilty to Arson

Associated Press — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 16:05:32 +0000

A Box Elder man accused of trying to burn down his mobile home while his live-in girlfriend and her ex-husband were inside has pleaded not guilty to charges of arson and reckless burning.

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Police: Boy, 3, Killed in Pennsylvania Arson; Man Charged

Associated Press — Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:30:45 +0000

Police say a little boy is dead after a man set fire to a family's Pennsylvania home thinking his ex-girlfriend was inside.

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Police: 3 Arrested for Denver Bar Killings, Fire

Associated Press — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:02:09 +0000

Denver police say three people have been arrested in connection with the killing of five people at a bar that was then set on fire to hide the crime. Police say the motive was robbery.

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Arson Mystery Being Investigated

Gene Hetland — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:20:48 +0000

An arson case with some sinister overtones is being investigated in southeast Sioux Falls.

Police Detective Jon Carda says authorities were called shortly before 11pm Friday to the 3200 block of South Nic Ann Court, where residents reported five pink crosses had been stuck into the ground in a drainage area on city property behind that address, and then set on fire

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Fire Investigaters In Sioux Falls To Focus On Arson

Jerry Dahmen — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 10:18:30 +0000

Fire investigators are in Sioux Falls to participate in a 'Burn to Learn' training for the South Dakota Chapter of the International Association of Arson Investigators.

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