Posts Categorized: Law Justice
Slain Fire Chief’s Widow Arraigned – Trial Date Set
REBECCA "BECKY" BRYAN WAS FORMALLY ARRAIGNED ON MURDER charges Tuesday, accused of killing her husband Fire Chief Keith Bryan last September 20.
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Case Closed on Topless Coffee Shop Arson
RAYMOND BELLAVANCE, PREVIOUSLY CONVICTED for setting the fire that destroyed the Grand View Topless Coffee Shop in Vassalboro, Maine, was sentenced yesterday (Thursday) to serve 30 years in prison for the deed
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Another Bent Treasurer Goes Down
THE FORMER CHIEF AND TREASURER OF A NEW JERSEY volunteer ambulance squad was arrested Monday and charged with hindering apprehension, third- and fourth-degree theft, witness tampering, obstruction and unsworn falsification.
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Rooming House Owner Charged With Manslaughter in Fatal Blaze
A PATERSON, NEW JERSEY, WOMAN was arraigned in state court Monday following an indictment handed down in January by a grand jury charging her with four counts of manslaughter.
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Airport Firetruck Driver Charged in Fatal Crash While Responding
A DARWIN, AUSTRALIA, AIRPORT FIREFIGHTER WAS CHARGED yesterday for a highway crash that killed three people back in August 2011.
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Opticom Reaches the Huddled Masses
FIRE AND EMS AGENCIES' FAVORITE WEAPON, the Opticom traffic signal preemption device is now readily available to the public thanks to the internet.
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Drive-Around Arson Couple Sentenced
IT WAS ONE MONTH AGO TODAY when Firegeezer told you about the Kalgoorlie, West Australia, couple who were caught after setting up to 40 arsons over a period of a year in their area.
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Fire Chief Faces Ethics Charges
THE RHODE ISLAND ETHICS COMMISSION has decreed that they have found "probable cause" that Lime Rock FD Chief Frank Sylvester has "used his public office for financial gain by registering and parking multiple cars at the district fire station for more than two decades, rather than at his home in Pawtucket."
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Fire Chief’s Murdering Wife Arraigned
REBECCA BRYAN OF MUSTANG, Oklahoma, was arraigned last week on charges that she murdered her husband Keith Bryan, Fire Chief of Nichols Hills Fire Department, last September 20.
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Illegal Burning Cover-Up in Delaware
A FLAP IS ARISING IN SUSSEX COUNTY, Delaware, over an illegal tire burn carried out by a state legislator, Representative John Atkins.
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Pittsburgh Firefighters and the Law – Cont’d.
PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, FIREFIGHTERS HAVE A SPECIAL relationship with the magistrate, it seems.
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Going Out For Drinks, Dinner and …. Arson
A KALGOORLIE, WEST AUSTRALIA, COUPLE PLEADED GUILTY Friday to committing a string of arson attacks on homes, businesses and abandoned cars over a period of more than a year.
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Fire Lieut.’s Murderer Wants Early Out
FOUR YEARS AGO IN MAY 2008, Firegeezer reported on a tragic story about a Cranston, Rhode Island, fire lieutenant who was shot and killed by his next-door neighbor during a children's birthday party being held on the front lawn.
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Ontario Sacks Entire Air Ambo Board
Plus Another 18 Pencil Pushers at HQ
THE ONTARIO GOVERNMENT FINANCE MINISTRY has cleaned house at the scandal-plagued air ambulance service, Ornge. A government spokesman revealed yesterday (Wednesday) that the government has assigned 28 forensi…
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THE WESTMONT, ILLINOIS, VILLAGE MANAGER announced on Monday that Fire Chief Frank Trout remains on unpaid administrative leave following his suspension on December 31.
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Mexican Casino Arson Update
THE MASTERMIND BEHIND THE FATAL ARSON of a casino in Monterrey, Mexico, has been arrested.
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Topless Coffee Shop Arsonist Convicted
Eyewitness Testimony Convinces the Jury
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Former Firefighter Pleads Guilty to Arson
A FORMER VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER WITH THE MINOT, Maine, fire department pleaded guilty Thursday to an arson charge.
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Embezzling Brothers Sentenced
Pleaded Guilty Last Month
RICHARD AND RANDALL CARR, BROTHERS AND FORMER paid-on-call firefighters in Mahoning County, Ohio, were sentenced yesterday for stealing money from the Beaver Township Fire Department after pleading guilty to felony theft …
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Plane Potty Arsonist Sentenced
Three Years on the Lam Before Trial
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Fire Department Shuts Down After Embezzling Officers Drain the Treasury
THE LEWISBERRY COMMUNITY FIRE COMPANY in York County, Pennsylvania, had to close its doors and cease operating in September when it could no longer pay its bills.
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High Tech High Noon Showdown
Anonymous threatens the most violent Mexican drug cartel to secure release of a colleague. An example of assymetric warfare
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Arsonist Sentenced Ten Years Later
THE PRIMARY CULPRIT IN ONE OF Toronto, Ontario's most famous arsons was finally sentenced late last month to serve 12 years in prison for manslaughter and conspiracy to commit arson.
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Assistant Fire Chief Convicted on Mail, Wire Fraud
MIAMI, FLORIDA, ASSISTANT FIRE CHIEF VELDORA ARTHUR was convicted Friday on three counts of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. She now faces up to 20 years imprisonment on each charge.
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Ex-Firefighter Arsonists Sentenced
FIVE FORMER FIREFIGHTERS IN HAMPDEN COUNTY, Massachusetts, have pleaded guilty to a series of arsons last summer and are being sentenced for their crimes.
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