Tag archive for ‘Arson’
Plea deal reached in campground arson (0)
1/12/11 •
BY STACI WILSON A Wilkes-Barre woman pleaded guilty Friday to intentionally setting fire to her Gibson-area campground home in April 2009. Tamara Santarelli, 42, and her husband, Victor Santarelli III, 44, had also been charged with arson, conspiracy and insurance fraud in connection with the 2007 fire of a bath house, also located at the [...]
Jury selected for trial of couple accused in campground arsons (0)
1/05/11 •
BY STACI WILSON The case against a Wilkes-Barre couple who face arson and fraud charges in connection with two fires at an area campground heads to trial next week in the Susquehanna County Court of Common Pleas. Jury selection was held Monday for the trial of Tamara Santarelli and her husband, Victor Santarelli III. The [...]
Arsonist sentenced (0)
10/06/10 •
BY STACI WILSON A 19-year-old firefighter-turned-arsonist was sentenced Thursday to time in state prison for torching the Lenox Township restaurant where he was employed. Daniel Parsons Jr., of New Milford, was sentenced to three to eight years for setting fire to Bingham’s Restaurant in April. Two other businesses were also destroyed in the fire. The [...]
Firefighting arsonist pleads guilty (1)
9/08/10 •
The New Milford firefighter accused of torching the landmark Susquehanna County eatery that employed him pleaded guilty to a felony arson charge on Thursday. Daniel Parsons Jr., 19, admitted to setting the April 11 fire that destroyed Bingham’s Restaurant in Lenox. In addition to being employed at Bingham’s as a dishwasher, Parsons was a rookie, [...]