ARSON
Tips lead to arrest in Minn. animal hospital arson 
North Branch police say tips from the public led to the arrest of a suspect in an arson at an animal hospital earlier this month.
November 12, 2012
Duluth building contractor sentenced for setting fire to clients' home
A Duluth building contractor who poured gasoline on the steps of a duplex and set it on fire while a young couple with whom he was in a business dispute were inside was sentenced Friday to 81 months in prison.
By Mark Sodghill , October 27, 2012
Convicted arsonist Andvik files notice of appeal
A woman sentenced to five years and nine months in prison for setting multiple fires at her rural Barnesville farmstead is appealing her arson conviction. The notice of appeal was filed last week on behalf of 34-year-old Tara Andvik, who is serving her prison sentence in Shakopee.
By Mike Nowatzki , October 11, 2012
ND arson suspect now faces more felony charges
A Texas man accused of burning down a hotel in North Dakota now faces 19 felony charges.
By Associated Press , October 02, 2012
Moorhead man arrested in connection with 13 Dumpster fires
A man arrested Sunday in connection with a rash of Dumpster fires in Moorhead’s Romkey Park neighborhood reportedly told police he set them because he likes fires and the excitement that goes with police and firefighters responding, Lt. Tory Jacobson said.
By Mike Nowatzki , October 01, 2012
Minnesota food shelf apparent arson target
Police are asking for the public's help in finding whoever set the fire that destroyed the contents of a west-central Minnesota food shelf.
By Associated Press , September 11, 2012
ATF joins investigation into ND motel fire
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is joining the investigation into a weekend fire that destroyed a popular motel in the North Dakota town of Steele.
By Associated Press , August 14, 2012
Arrest made in motel fire in Steele, ND
A 50-year-old man was arrested Monday on suspicion of starting a weekend fire that destroyed a popular motel in the North Dakota town of Steele.
By Associated Press , August 13, 2012
Police: Portable toilet fire was result of arson
An arson suspect is on the hot seat in Bismarck. Police say someone set a Spiffy Biff portable toilet on fire near a construction zone shortly before noon on Wednesday.
By Associated Press , July 19, 2012
Andvik owns up to fires for first time, gets nearly four years
For months, Tara Andvik denied setting fires to her rural Barnesville farmstead, proclaiming her innocence to her family, investigators, firefighters and anyone willing to listen in cyberspace. When it came time Thursday for a judge to decide her fate, a sobbing Andvik took responsibility for the first time for the October fires that destroyed her barn and the farmhouse that also was home to her husband and two children.
By Mike Nowatzki , June 29, 2012
N.D. firefighter pleads guilty to federal arson charge
A North Dakota firefighter has pleaded guilty to attempting to burn down a house that was occupied at the time by four of his children. Joseph Morin, of Belcourt, is charged in federal court with arson for setting fire to his former residence where his wife and eight of his children lived.
By Associated Press , June 21, 2012
From jail, Tara Andvik writes ex-lover she accused of arsons
Tara Andvik, a rural Barnesville, Minn., woman convicted May 15 of setting several fires to her farmstead, is now the subject of a proposed court order to ban her from contacting witnesses who testified at her trial.
By Mike Nowatzki , June 01, 2012
String of arson fires investigated in Duluth / Superior
Nine fires in the past few months are suspicious in Superior. Battalion Chief Vern Johnson tells WDIO-TV two car fires and a shed fire broke out in the same neighborhood early Tuesday. Those fires started about a-half hour after three suspicious fires in Duluth the same morning. An RV, a pickup truck and a garage were destroyed.
By Associated Press , May 23, 2012
Former ND fire fighter to plead guilty to arson
A former North Dakota fire fighter says he will plead guilty for attempting to burn down a house that was occupied at the time by four of his children. Joseph Morin, of Belcourt, is charged in federal court with arson. The charge carries a maximum penalty of life in prison without parole.
By Associated Press , May 17, 2012
Andvik found guilty of arson
Tara Andvik quietly sobbed as guilty verdicts on three felony counts of arson were read by a Clay County jury Tuesday. The jury reached its verdict after about four hours of deliberation. Outside the courtroom, defense attorney Steven Mottinger said Andvik was disappointed with the verdict.
By Mike Nowatzki and Wendy Reuer , May 15, 2012
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