Two civilian collaborators have also been charged.
Investigators have concluded that a burglary and arson occurred, though they have offered no further details. Authorities say they are exploring the incident as a possible hate crime.
The victim was found with burns shortly after 1 a.m. on H Street NE.
Under the plea deal, Ryan Jaselskis would go to prison for four years.
Actor Has Been Charged With Comet Ping Pong Arson—And Trespassing At The Washington Monument … Twice
Prosecutors say his distinctive blue jacket helped them crack the case.
Maurice Dews, who stands accused of three counts of arson, including one fire which led to the injury of several firefighters on April 8, will appear in court tomorrow morning after being ruled competent to stand trial.
A Middletown man has been charged with attempted arson after he tried to set fire to the house of a Bureau of Alcohol Tabacco and Firearms agent in Frederick. John Christopher Woods, a volunteer firefighter, tried to add fuel to the flames of a gas grill outside of the ATF agent’s house. Woods told police he is in love with the agent and she had been ignoring his attempts to contact her.
The United States Attorney’s Office has indicted Vasile Graure on murder charges in connection to the fire he set at the Good Guys strip club in November 2007. Graure was charged with the murder of Vladimir Djordjevic in September; Djordjevic, a manager at the club, suffered burns over 80 percent of his body in the blaze and died in May. Graure is already serving a 30-year sentence on arson and assault charges — with the…
Sad news from the Associated Press (via WaPo). Vladimir Djordjevic, the former manager of the Good Guys strip club in Glover Park, has died. Regular readers will recall the scary incident in November of 2007, when assailant Vasile Graure returned to Good Guys with a can of gasoline after having been kicked out of the club, and proceeded to set Djordjevic on fire. Graure was convicted of arson and assault a year later, and was…
There have been three trash receptacle fires in the last four weeks in the same alley behind a section of 3rd Street SE, WJLA reports. A string of fires like that in the same location makes it tough to speculate that a carelessly tossed cigarette butt might be to blame; odds are some pyro is setting the bins ablaze. So far, no buildings have become victims of the flames, but residents over there are…