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An Autopsy Denied: Teenager Wrongly Blamed For Killing Family, Self

Hamilton Nolan · 07/26/10 08:37AM

Last week, a house on Staten Island burned to the ground, killing the entire Jones family—four children and a mother. Most had their throats cut. Police blamed C.J., the allegedly murderous 14 year-old son. Now, they've cleared him. Whoops?

Arsonist Fail

nightintern · 07/05/10 01:30PM

Watch as this arsonist attempts to commit some sneaky act of violence and ends up catching himself on fire.

Internet Cafe Bursts into Flames, Bad Guys Win

Jon Martin · 03/22/10 09:16AM

An internet cafe in Moscow was attacked by two arsonist earlier this week. A security guard fought the arsonist's quite valiantly.. but in the end, the bad guys won.

The Curious Case of Brian Schroeder

cityfile · 11/02/09 12:47PM

Did you hear about Brian Schroeder, the Harvard Law School grad who set fire to the 9/11 chapel early Saturday morning, either as part of a "drunken prank" or because "someone slipped something into his drink"? The good news is Schroeder finally scraped together $3,000 in bail money and got to go home last night. The bad (though hardly surprising) news: Not only is Schroeder quickly turning into this week's tabloid whipping boy, his job offer at the law firm Sidley Austin—which coincidentally once had its offices in the World Trade Center—has been rescinded. But at least now he'll have plenty of time to continue his world travels. [NYDN, NYP, NYDN]

Wildfire Arsonist Wants to Be an Internet Fameball

Sheila · 11/19/08 10:37AM

Everybody wants a piece of Internet fame these days, even prisoners who don't have access to the Internet. Wade Kirkwood is a serial arsonist—it's basically an addiction for him and all the wildfire coverage on cable news is his porn. CNN interviewed him recently to get insight on whoever it is setting fires in California, and now he's written them from prison asking if they could maybe "put his name out on the Internet" because he's "very interested in helping people that suffer from the same problems I deal with". Oh, no, he wants to be a fameball! Trust us, it's not all that it's cracked up to be. That said: here ya go, Wade Kirkwood: you're on the Internet. Congratulations! Click through for an excerpt of his prison letter to CNN.