Posts Categorized: Crime
Dollar Store Update
A review of recent incidents involving dollar stores.
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Ambulance Official Charged in Land-Flip Deal
A MISSOURI AMBULANCE DISTRICT OFFICIAL has been arrested and charged with misdemeanor insider information for a land-flip that he profited from in March 2011
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Two Georgia Firefighters Arrested For Stealing Drugs From Ambulance
TWO CHEROKEE COUNTY, GEORGIA, FIREFIGHTERS were arrested separately this week and charged with a variety of drug crimes involving fire department ambulances.
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Another VFD Officer Goes to Jail
A FORMER SOMERSET COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, VFD president was sentenced Tuesday after admitting that he had stolen $820,000 from his fire company.
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Pennsylvania Paramedic Attacked by Shovel-Swinger
A FAYETTE COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA, AMBULANCE CREW had a harrowing moment Sunday night when they were suddenly attacked by a man wielding a shovel.
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Firehouse Burglar Nabbed Within Hours
PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE ARRESTED a man and charged him with burglarizing an Adams County fire station Saturday just a few hours after the theft was discovered.
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Promotional Opportunities
A HOUSTON, TEXAS, FIRE CAPTAIN HAS RESIGNED following his arrest and incarceration for possessing child pornography and "inappropriate online contact" with an underage girl.
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Deputy VFD Chief Ambushed, Shot in Pennsylvania
A VOLUNTEER FIRE OFFICER, GLEN RUSSELL, 43, of Pottstown, Pennsylvania, was getting out of his car Tuesday afternoon when he was suddenly ambushed by a masked man carrying a shotgun who fired on Russell.
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Tough Guy Punches Out Fire Sprinkler
"TOUGH GUY" SAMUEL CLUCAS is now a felon with a sore hand after punching a sprinkler head in a Chcago night club Friday morning.
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Troubled Chief’s Troubles Become Chiefly Troubling
Friday the State Police executed a search warrant on the fire department and raided the premises.
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Promotional Opportunities
THE ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF OF THE BRISTOL, Ohio, Fire Department was placed on paid administrative leave last Thursday night following allegations that he was spying on firefighters using the built-in webcams on FD computers.
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A Professor is Caught Violating the Morality Clause
FIREFIGHTERS IN OCEAN COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, came across an unusual obstacle Tuesday while working a house fire.
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Woman Arrested for Impersonating a Firefighter
A FLORIDA WOMAN HAS BEEN CHARGED with impersonating a firefighter and misuse of 9-1-1 following a nutty episode in the panhandle county of Okaloosa on Sunday morning.
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An Explosion of Tax Evaders
On Monday night the Naples office of Equitalia was rocked with three explosive devices that blew out the door and the windows of the office.
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Family Dispute Shoot-Out Leaves Florida Fire Lieutenant in Critical Condition.
MARTIN COUNTY, FLORIDA, FIRE LIEUTENANT John Richardson, Jr., is hospitalized in critical condition and fighting for his life after being shot by his brother-in-law during a domestic dispute Sunday afternoon.
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Problematic Firefighters
A MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, FIREFIGHTER WAS ARRAIGNED Friday in Federal District Court on charges of conspiracy to distribute cocaine, possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
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Veteran Firefighter Arrested, Charged With Vile Sex Crimes
A 16-YR. VETERAN FIREFIGHTER WITH THE RIVER ROUGE, Michigan, Fire Department was arrested last week and arraigned Monday on charges including first-degree criminal sexual conduct.
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Promotional Opportunities
THE LINCOLN, NEW HAMPSHIRE, FIRE CHIEF has resigned suddenly after it was disclosed that he was under investigation for an undisclosed criminal activity.
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Thieves Hit Alabama Fire Station
THIEVES BROKE INTO AN UNMANNED FIRE STATION in Lauderdale County, Alabama, Friday night and stole forcible entry tools.
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Copper Thief Falls Off Roof – Self Transports
Sometimes You Just Can't Wait Until the Ambulance Gets There
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Plane Potty Arsonist Sentenced
Three Years on the Lam Before Trial
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Chief’s Wife Fills Purse With FD Funds
A FORT PAYNE, ALABAMA WOMAN, VICKIE McSPADDEN, 39, was arrested Thursday evening and charged with 1st-degree theft for stealing thousands of dollars from her volunteer fire department.
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Jail Time For Ambulance Thief
A DRUNKEN SOCCER FAN WHO STOLE an ambulance so that he wouldn't have to walk home was sentenced to 4 months in jail Thursday.
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Junior Firefighter in Senior Trouble
A "JUNIOR MEMBER" OF THE HUDSON, NEW YORK, Fire Department is about to become a former junior member.
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Promotional Opportunities in Highwood – Update
You will probably recall the story when reminded that is the tiny town that has no fire chief and assigns the deputy chief to run the show.
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