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Bank Sorry for Worker Allegedly Trying to Kill Clients

Kentaro Okuda, CEO of Japan's Nomura, to take 30% pay cut for 3 months in response

(Newser) - The head of Japan's largest investment bank has apologized and agreed to a temporary pay cut after an ex-employee was charged with trying to kill clients. The Nomura employee, who gave asset management advice to individuals and corporations, allegedly robbed the clients before setting fire to their home during...

14-Year-Old Accused of Starting NJ Wildfire

Boy is being held in blaze that burned through more than 50 acres

(Newser) - Police in New Jersey have arrested a person accused of starting a wildfire amid the state's ongoing drought—and he's all of 14 years old. Evesham Township Police say they arrested the juvenile and charged him with setting a fire on Oct. 30 that burned more than 50...

Guy Loses Dog, Sparks Wildfire in Cremation Attempt: Cops

It was allegedly a rough few days for Brent Garber, now charged with arson

(Newser) - One of Colorado's largest wildfires of the year was started by a man whose attempt at cremating his dog went horribly wrong, authorities say. Investigators probing how the Bucktail fire erupted Aug. 1 discovered the partially burned remains of the dog named Rocket on private property that had suffered...

Prosecutors Suggest Diddy Blew Up Kid Cudi's Car

Alleged arson victim isn't named, but rapper confirmed his car was torched

(Newser) - Federal prosecutors say Sean "Diddy" Combs orchestrated a break-in at a person's home followed by the bombing of their car. That person is believed to be the rapper Kid Cudi. Though the victim isn't named in the letter filed in court last week, the details match closely...

Man Pleads Not Guilty to Starting Massive California Fire

Delivery driver Justin Halstenberg allegedly used incendiary device

(Newser) - A California man has pleaded not guilty to starting a fire that authorities said ballooned into a massive wildfire and forced the evacuation of thousands of homes. Online court records show Justin Wayne Halstenberg, 34, entered the plea from jail in a video arraignment Tuesday in the San Bernardino city...

Suspect Accused of Starting Massive California Fire

Sheriff believes FedEx driver Justin Halstenberg may be responsible for more wildfires

(Newser) - A California man has been arrested for allegedly starting a wildfire that has put more than 65,000 structures at risk. Riverside County resident Justin Wayne Halstenberg, 34, was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of arson, KCAL reports. Investigators believe he started the Line Fire , which has burned more than 54...

On Eve of Games, 'Malicious Acts' Paralyze France's Rail Network

High-speed train lines hit by 'massive attack' hours before Olympics opening ceremony

(Newser) - The French national rail company SNCF said Friday that high-speed lines were hit by several "malicious acts" that heavily disrupted traffic on the day of the Olympics' opening ceremony. Lines in the west, north, and east of France were affected, SNCF announced. Trains to neighboring Belgium and to London...

Cops: Man Used Burning Car to Ignite Wildfire

California officials arrest 42-year-old over Park Fire, state's biggest of the year so far

(Newser) - A California man under arrest Thursday was accused of starting the state's largest wildfire of the year by pushing a burning car into a gully as other fires scorched the Pacific Northwest. Flames from the fire the suspect is accused of starting exploded into what is now the Park...

Arrest Made in Fire at Bernie Sanders' Office

Video shows someone starting blaze in Vermont building

(Newser) - A man was charged Sunday with setting a fire outside the Vermont office of US Sen. Bernie Sanders, federal prosecutors said. Shant Soghomonian, 35, who was previously of Northridge, California, entered the building on Friday and went to Sanders' third-floor office, where security video showed him spraying a liquid on...

Owners Must Rebuild Old Pub 'Brick by Brick'

Britain's wonky Crooked House pub was gutted by fire and razed last year

(Newser) - For a couple of centuries, you could blame your stumbling at England's so-called quirkiest watering hole on its slanting floors and not the amount you'd imbibed. Then the Crooked House sold in July of last year before being gutted by a suspected arson a mere nine days later....

Man Behind Horrific Anime Studio Arson Sentenced to Death

Shinji Aoba's attack left 36 dead

(Newser) - A Japanese court sentenced a man to death after finding him guilty of murder and other crimes Thursday for carrying out a shocking arson attack on an anime studio in Kyoto, Japan, that killed 36 people, the AP reports. The Kyoto District Court said it found the defendant, Shinji Aoba,...

Man Who Accused Government of Starting Fires Actually Started 14 of Them

Arsonist pleads guilty to starting 14 of Canada's fires last summer

(Newser) - During Canada's record-breaking wildfire season , Brian Paré took to social media over the summer to pooh-pooh the idea that climate change was behind the fires and instead accuse the Canadian government of setting them as part of a conspiracy to make people believe in climate change. But it turns...

Ex: Man Arrested at Colorado's Top Court Was Having Breakdown

She says Brandon Olsen has no political affiliation

(Newser) - A man accused of breaking into the Denver building that houses the Colorado Supreme Court, firing multiple shots and causing extensive damage, wasn't acting out of anger at the court's decision to kick Donald Trump off the GOP ballot two weeks earlier, his ex-wife says. Tori Schumacher tells...

She Burned Abortion Clinic, Must Pay $298K

Lorna Roxanne Green also will serve 5 years in prison for setting fire to Wyoming's only full-service clinic

(Newser) - A judge has ordered a woman who set fire to Wyoming's only full-service abortion clinic to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution, the full amount sought by prosecutors. Lorna Green is serving five years in prison for burning Wellspring Health Access weeks before the clinic was set to open...

After Deadly Fire, Parents Say Iffy Science Landed Them in Prison

Deb and Timothy Nicholls are serving life sentences over fire that killed their 3 children

(Newser) - Nearly 20 years ago, a house fire in Colorado Springs, Colorado, claimed the lives of Deb and Timothy Nicholls' three children: Jay, 11, Sophia, 5, and Sierra, 3. Deb wasn't home at the time, and Timothy was found injured outside the house. He says he remembers a piece of...

Tourists Save 'Important Part of American History' From Arson

Individuals intervened after seeing woman pouring gas on Atlanta home where MLK Jr. was born: cops

(Newser) - An attempt to burn down the home in which Martin Luther King Jr. was born was thwarted Thursday thanks in part to a couple of tourists, according to Atlanta Police. Two visitors from Utah initially spotted a woman pouring gasoline on the building, which was closed last month for extensive...

California Reopens Burnt Freeway, Releases Suspect Photos

I-10 was reopened well ahead of initial schedule

(Newser) - An elevated Los Angeles freeway closed for more than a week because of an arson fire reopened ahead of Monday morning's commute, at least a day earlier than previously announced and weeks ahead of the original estimate. "The 10 is BACK! ... This is what happens when we work...

'Malice Intent' Behind Massive LA Freeway Fire

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says investigation is ongoing

(Newser) - The fire that damaged a major elevated interstate near downtown Los Angeles, shutting it down (and snarling traffic) indefinitely , was likely arson, officials have determined. The blaze started under an overpass early Saturday, and sources tell the Los Angeles Times wood pallets and sanitizer (accumulated amid the early days of...

Schools Burn After Belgium Makes Sex Ed Mandatory

6 schools have been set on fire this week

(Newser) - A series of school arsons in Belgium believed to be connected to a controversial school program in some parts of the country is prompting authorities to strengthen their police response. Interior Minister Annelies Verlinden on Friday called for a halt to the attacks in the French-speaking Wallonia region hours after...

Suspicious Fire Destroys Britain's 'Wonkiest Pub'

Crooked House blaze is being treated as arson

(Newser) - A pub celebrated as "Britain's wonkiest" as a result of its slumping foundation and sloping walls burned down in mysterious circumstances Saturday and police say they're treating it as arson. The 18th-century Crooked House pub near Dudley, England, was demolished before an investigation into the blaze had...

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