A judge on Friday sentenced a North Fond du Lac man accused of setting multiple fires and storing child pornography on his phone to 25 years in prison.

Officials believe a fire at a former dog track in Kenosha was intentionally set.

Federal prosecutors in Milwaukee have indicted a 20-year-old man suspected of setting fire to a gas station during rioting last year after a police officer fatally shot a black man.

A Cottage Grove man will be on probation for five years for setting fire last year to the future home of a convicted sex offender.

A Milwaukee lawyer has been sentenced to house arrest for helping a client collect $325,000 in an arson fraud.

A Medford man has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for burning down his pizza business in order to collect insurance money.

A convicted arsonist says he deserved a longer sentence than he received.

A suspended Milwaukee attorney allegedly lied to a federal agent about his knowledge of arson at a business in Brown County and now faces up to five years in prison.

A Friendship man who spent almost three years in prison after being wrongfully convicted of arson has reached an undisclosed settlement with his insurance company.

The arsonist who killed Ji Yun Lee was especially cruel and calculating, dousing her small cabin in Pennsylvania's Pocono Mountains with more than 60 gallons of gasoline and heating fuel and setting at least eight fires, ending at the front door to block any chance of escape. Then he watched calmly as the cabin turned into an inferno.

One of four people convicted of setting a series of arson fires has been sentenced in Taylor County to seven months in jail.

A jury from outside Lafayette County will hear the case against an Argyle man accused of killing his children by setting his house on fire.

A former volunteer firefighter has been sentenced to six months in jail for allegedly setting fire to a Sheboygan area farm out of boredom in 2011.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Two southwestern Wisconsin brothers accused of trying to wipe out their family in a fire are due back in court this week. Armin Wand III and Jeremy Wand are scheduled to enter pleas to multiple charges, including homicide and arson, on Wednesday in Lafayette County. Prosecutors allege the brothers set Armin Wand's Argyle ... Subscribe Login ...

An Argyle teenager accused of helping set a fire that killed his three nephews has been found competent to stand trial.

An Argyle man charged with killing his three young sons and trying to kill his wife and daughter by setting fire to their home is due back in court next month.

An Oconto Falls teenager will serve five years in prison for setting fire to a church school.

A judge set bail Wednesday for a father accused of killing his three sons in a house fire last week at $1.4 million.

A Grand Chute man has been found guilty in connection with an April fire at a Planned Parenthood facility.

A man imprisoned for setting fire to his Marquette County tavern has filed a new appeal.

FOND DU LAC, Wis. (AP) — The owner of a Fond du Lac bowling alley has pleaded guilty to burning down his business. Lyle Huss pleaded guilty to one count of arson Tuesday in a plea agreement with Fond du Lac County prosecutors. Fourteen other charges were dismissed, but the judge will consider them at sentencing. Prosecutors ... Subscribe Login ...

SPARTA, Wis. (AP) — An Illinois woman has been sentenced in Monroe County to life in prison for fatally shooting her ex-boyfriend. Tammy Cole argued that her gun accidentally discharged while she embraced Vance Evans at his home in Tomah last year. Prosecutors say the 47-year-old Cole shot Evans on April 26, 2010, when he rejected ... Subscribe Login Digital ...

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted a Milwaukee man in an arson last year that destroyed a building housing a well-known pizza restaurant. The U.S. Attorney's Office says 27-year-old Feras Rahman was charged with arson by explosion, arson to commit mail fraud, mail fraud and making false statements. The blaze destroyed Rahman's restaurant, The ... Subscribe Login ...

WALDO, Wis. (AP) — A 17-year-old member of the Waldo Volunteer Fire Department is accused of setting two fires in the town of Lima earlier this year. According to the complaint, the teen told investigators he wanted to get a fire call so he could be a hero. The complaint also says he had not had a ... Subscribe Login ...

Arson Sufficiency of the evidence; interstate commerce A tobacco store is used for interstate commerce under the federal arson statute. "The building housing the Smoke Shop was actively used for a commercial purpose. The Smoke Shop was, after all, engaged in the sale of tobacco products at the time it was destroyed. It was located in a retail ... Subscribe ...