Posts Tagged ‘Arson’

Woman charged with arson, allegedly stole money through identity theft
A former Greeley woman is on the hook for several felonies after a lengthy police investigation revealed she may have set her own home on fire last year to cash in on an insurance policy she took out days before. Amanda Watkins, 27, is now in Weld County Jail awaiting a preliminary hearing in the case, in which she’s charged with five felonies and three misdemeanors for a house fire last …

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2 Charged With Murder, Arson In Fatal Cicero Fire
Two men, including a landlord who allegedly was trying to collect insurance money, have been charged with murder and arson in connection with a fatal fire last month that killed seven — including an infant — in a crowded Cicero apartment building.

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