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A man from Boston is facing charges after he was accused of setting a ballot box containing more than 100 ballots on fire.

Around 4:00 am on October 25 in Copley Square, it was reported that a ballot box in front of the Boston Public Library was set on fire.

Upon using water to douse the flames, 87 of the 122 ballots inside of the box were still able to be processed, but 35 were destroyed.

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A Florida man allegedly abruptly disrupted the start of a morning church service when he reportedly slammed his car through the doors and set the foyer ablaze using an accelerant.

Near 7:00 am last Saturday, worshippers at the Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Ocala were getting ready for the morning mass to begin when they were reportedly halted by a potentially dangerous incident.

A van reportedly smashed through the doors of the church and came to a halt, before the driver allegedly emerged from the vehicle and began to splash gasoline around the foyer of the house of worship.

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A woman accused of setting Wendy’s on fire during a protest over the death of Rashard Brooks by the hands of law enforcement was arrested at her lawyer’s office last Tuesday.

39-year-old Natalie Hanna White, reportedly a friend of Rashard Brooks who was killed by the gunfire of a police officer in the parking lot of a Wendy’s restaurant in Atlanta, was the suspect the authorities believed set fire to the establishment on June 13.

The police obtained a warrant for her arrest, and on June 23, White willingly met with officers outside of her attorney’s office building.

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The authorities reported that they were able to use Etsy as a tool in tracking down a woman accused of rioting during a protest where she allegedly torched two law enforcement vehicles.

On May 30, in alignment with many cities across the United States, it was reported that peaceful protests regarding George Floyd’s death were taking place in Philadelphia.

Late in the afternoon, it was reported that “civil unrest” began to break out in parts of the city where the protests were held.

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While reportedly fighting with a friend who was helping him with home improvements, a Florida teen allegedly threw a lit piece of cardboard into a bucket of her kittens causing injury to one of the felines.

On May 22, 18-year-old William Carr reportedly asked one of his female friends to come to his home in Milton to assist him with a project involving painting.

When the woman arrived at Carr’s residence she was reportedly accompanied by two adult cats and their litter of kittens, which she had temporarily placed in a bucket.

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A Florida landlady was arrested after she reportedly got into an argument with her tenant regarding a towel, and allegedly set fire to the structure in which the renter and her dogs inhabit.

57-year-old Robin Hamilton has woodshed at her home in Hawthorne that she reportedly rents out to a woman who has two dogs.

Throughout the day on Saturday Hamilton allegedly had a few drinks. When interacting with her tenant, the two reportedly got into a spat over a towel that Hamilton said held sentimental value for her.

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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 his federal COVID-19 stimulus payment.

Around 1:00 pm, his allegedly hot-headed temperament reportedly caused the 51-year-old man to lash out at his mother about his frustrations.

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An unsuspecting suspect that was siphoning gasoline, in addition to four U-Haul trucks were set on fire when an Oregon man allegedly tossed a lit mortar firework at a woman setting off a chain reaction of fire-related events.

Early in the morning last Sunday, 28-year-old Dylan Thomas Hannah was reportedly involved in a heated verbal exchange with a woman in the parking lot of a U-Haul center in Eugene, Oregon.

Hannah was reportedly seated inside his vehicle while the woman was standing nearby when he allegedly lit the wick on a mortar-style firework and tossed it in her direction.

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The husband of a disabled woman in New Mexico allegedly assaulted and tried to set her on fire after reportedly becoming enraged when he learned he did not qualify to receive a COVID-19 stimulus check.

63-year-old Joe Macias and his wife, who is reportedly disabled, live together in a trailer in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

On Wednesday, Macias reportedly discovered that he would not be receiving a stimulus check that is being issued to help U.S. citizens during the current pandemic.

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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, placed a call to the authorities when an alleged incident transpired in a room housing two of their patients.

The staff reportedly saw a call button light up as they overheard a man calling out loudly in a state of panic claiming that a fire was burning inside his room.

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