Arson
District C-6 reports two cars were damaged when one erupted in flames at 8 Covington St. around 3:20 a.m. Around 4:50 a.m. another car burst into flames three blocks away at 95 G St.
Can a pair of hard-boiled - and fictional - private eyes crack the case of JP's serial arsonist? That's the premise behind Part-Time Private Eyes, also known as "the noir adventures of Franklin and Turner, two former English Majors who teamed up to pool their knowledge of TV crime dramas to solve Boston's toughest cases."
... He was hitting places regular for a few months and then stopped, but there was one exception: January 28, Maria's Salon. If you took that one out, it would almost seem like clockwork, hitting towards the beginning of the month in December (the 11th), January (the 6th) and February (the 7th). Which means maybe something got him a little jingle-brained on before the 28th.
He'd have to be on the swift to rush a plan together, and maybe that means he'd have to swing by the corner of Washington and Rockvale, which looks like his personal shopping mall from where I'm sitting. If I've got the right slant on this: Between the 7th and the 28th, he must have heard something about Maria's that set him off, and must have started planning then--The one-a-month thing seemed to be working out for him otherwise. ...
Tire arsonist?: Police say he's getting ready to start a tire fire.
Boston Police have released a series of photos of a man they say may be responsible for using tires to set several Jamaica Plain homes and a business on fire in recent months - and that there is now a $5,000 reward for information leading to his capture.
Police say the photos were taken around 4:40 a.m. on Feb. 7 at 22 Sigourney St., shortly before flames erupted.
The man is also suspected for setting Maria's Hair Salon and Spa on fire around 4 a.m. on Jan. 6 and then setting 111 School St. on fire early on the morning of Jan. 28.
Information can be called into the city Arson Hotline at 617-343-3324. Anonymous tips to 1-800-494-TIPS or via texting 'TIP' to CRIME (27463).
The Jamaica Plain Gazette reports on three suspicious fires between December and February, two of which involved the same method as apparently used to set that Centre Street hair salon on fire in January. Two of the fires were at a condo project on Sigourney Street, one on School Street.
Boston Police report a man tried to burn a drinking buddy's house down when the friend refused to hand over the gold chain the guy accused him of taking:
... After purchasing the gas, officers learned that the suspect came back with the gas can, poured gas on the front porch of the building and ignited a fire. Several witnesses reported to officers that they observed the suspect igniting fire, and even after the fire was put out, stated that the suspect kept trying to re-ignite the fire. Prior to the suspect lighting the fire, witnesses reported hearing him state that he would burn down the building if he did not get his chain back. ...
Police escorted Horace O. White, 55, of Roxbury, to a place where he wouldn't be allowed to play with matches.
Innocent, etc.
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