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Dad Wanted to Set Fire to 4-Year-Old to Exorcise Demon

The father of a 4-year-old boy allegedly wanted to ignite the child using gasoline and a lighter in a reported attempt to rid the youngster of a demon. Johnsonville, Pennsylvania resident Josiah James C. McIntosh has a 4-year-old son. Last Wednesday, McIntosh was reportedly at his home with the boy…

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Heated Man Set Fire to Mom’s Shed Over Stimulus Check

A man from Louisiana was taken into custody after he allegedly became upset about his not receiving a COVID-19 stimulus check and set his mother’s shed on fire. Avoyelles Parish resident Marvin Smith Jr. was reportedly in a foul mood last Friday when he learned he had not yet received…

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Hospital Patient Lit Bed on Fire to Hail Nurse’s Attention

A Florida man who reportedly felt like he wasn’t getting the looking after that he desired from a nurse at the hospital in which he was a patient allegedly lit his bed on fire in the room he shared with another patient. AdventHealth Hospital, previously called Florida Hospital New Smyrna,…

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Woman Tried to Build and Deploy Explosive in Walmart

A Tampa woman with a young child in tow was accused of collecting items in Walmart in a purported effort to cause an explosion in the store. On the evening of January 11, Emily Stallard and a child whose relation to her has not been made public visited Walmart in…

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Man Used Flaming Bible as Distraction for Theft

A theft suspect from North Dakota allegedly lit a Bible on fire in an attempt to conceal his effort to steal merchandise from a local Walmart store. On December 13, at a Bismarck Walmart store with shoppers and employees inside, a fire reportedly broke out. When the authorities arrived, one…

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Man Lit Several Fires and Stole Chief’s Fire Truck

A Florida man with an alleged penchant for fire reportedly tried to light himself on fire after being apprehended for setting trash bins ablaze and stealing the fire truck of the district fire chief. On the evening of November 23, a suspect reportedly went to an office building in Cocoa…

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Dollar General Manager Committed Arson to Conceal Theft

The manager of a Dollar General in Georgia has been accused of setting the location on fire while shoppers were inside in an alleged effort to hide her theft of money from the store. On the morning of August 17, the Dollar General in Douglas, Georgia, suffered from a blaze…

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Man’s House Set on Fire Over Bunk Booty Call

When a man invited a woman to his home for sex and failed to answer the door when she arrived, the woman allegedly set fire to his house in retaliation for her reported humiliation. In the middle of the night on August 4, a Woodbury, NJ, man gave a call…

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Man Hurled Homemade Bombs at His Impounded Car

In the process of retrieving it, a man allegedly set fire to his automobile when he reportedly began to throw several Molotov cocktails at it while it was locked inside of a lot after being impounded. Last weekend at the Almake Auto Shop in Orange County, Florida, the owner of…

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College RA Accused of Setting Dorm Fires Feels the Heat of the Law

A college attendee who also serves as a resident assistant has recently been linked to several fires that were lit on the campus. Since the end of November, the McIntire dormitory building, which is home for 120 students on the Wheaton College campus, has experienced six small fires for which…

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