Article

2015-12-07 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Another Suspicious Fire Breaks Out In Queens Neighborhood

Archived material is restricted to Rantburg regulars and members. If you need access email fred.pruitt=at=gmail.com with your nick to be added to the members list. There is no charge to join Rantburg as a member.

Posted by Pappy 2015-12-07 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Oh, joy. They have a fire bug in their neighborhood. Unless the little s#!t is caught soon, the only thing that will stop him will be when he moves or winds up dead in an accident/incident.

I had problems with one years ago. Even got trail camera pix of him in the act. Local law enforcement would do nothing. Fortunately, he managed to get into a fatal car accident about a year (& 2 attempts to burn my barn! Fortunately well stacked hay bales are almost impossible to set alight, even with gasoline.) after the first known arson attributed to him.

Posted by Nguard 2015-12-07 11:16|| 2015-12-07 11:16|| Front Page Top

#2 From The Times of Israel:

NYPD sends elite units to arson-stricken Bukharian neighborhood

Strategic Response Unit dispatched to Queensâ Forest Hills after seven Jewish homes set alight since October

Seven fires, the most recent set Sunday, have targeted new homes under construction for Bukharian Jewish owners. According to radio station WINS, a rabbi owns the home torched most recently.

An estimated 50,000 Bukharians, Jewish immigrants from central Asia, live in New York, the vast majority of them in Forest Hills and adjacent neighborhoods. In Forest Hills,the construction by Bukharians of large, expensive homes, mostly on plots that once housed more modest residences, has sparked tensions with longtime residents in recent years.

âRight now we have members of the Arson and Explosion Squad, Major Case Unit from the NYPD, Fire Marshals, and Queens detectives all concentrated on this area to find out who this person is,â NYPD Chief of Detectives Bob Boyce said, according to the Daily News.

Police, who said they do not believe the arsons are motivated by anti-Semitism, also plan to patrol the area at night.

âWeâre not looking at this as a terrorist-related incident,â Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said, according to the Daily News. âWeâre not looking at it as a hate crime incident either.â

While the police last week believed they had a suspect, based on information in a note left at the site, the suspect had an alibi and appeared to be innocent.

The Bukharian Jewish Center is offering a $50,000 reward for information on the suspect. The NYPD is also offering a $2,500 reward.

Posted by trailing wife 2015-12-07 23:04|| 2015-12-07 23:04|| Front Page Top

23:04 trailing wife
22:48 Anguper Hupomosing9418
22:42 Procopius2k
22:31 Alpha2c
20:52 Mullah Richard
20:47 Mullah Richard
20:43 CrazyFool
20:32 Alaska Paul
20:24 Alaska Paul
20:22 Alaska Paul
19:45 Bright Pebbles
18:48 Warthog
18:38 Deacon Blues
18:36 Deacon Blues
18:35 CrazyFool
18:32 Procopius2k
18:11 Iblis
17:56 Chantry
17:33 AlanC
17:26 Pappy
17:15 Pappy
16:48 phil_b
16:41 DarthVader
16:37 AlanC