Lansdale Man Charged with Arson for March Car Fire

Jordan Fiscus, 25, of Lansdale, faces numerous felony and misdemeanor charges for allegedly setting a Ford Focus on fire behind Lansdale Food Mart on Broad Street on March 28.

A Lansdale man is facing six felonies and four misdemeanors for allegedly setting a Ford Focus on fire behind Lansdale Food Mart in the early morning hours of March 28. Jordan Fiscus, 25, of the unit block of East Third Street, has been arrested and charged on Tuesday by Lansdale Police for the 3 a.m. vehicle arson behind U.S. Gas and Food Mart at 291 N. Broad St.  Fiscus faces the following charges at an April 26 preliminary hearing in Lansdale District Court: On March 28 at 3:12 a.m., Lansdale Police, along with members of Fairmount Fire Co. in Lansdale, responded to a car fire behind the Lansdale Food Mart, police said. A 2011 Ford Focus was fully engulfed in flames, police said. The car is owned by a 23-year-old woman from West Chester…

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Lansdale Man Gets 23 Mos. for Setting Fire After Getting Fired

Tyrone A. Heitz, 22, of Wedgewood Drive, lit an 800-pound roll of paper on fire at Berk Wiper Converting in Lansdale after being fired in April 2012

A Lansdale man is headed to prison on Feb. 15 for up to 23 months for admitting to setting a fire to paper rolls inside Berk Wiper Converting after being fired. Tyrone A. Heitz, 22, of the 800 block of Wedgewood Drive, pleaded guilty Monday to recklessly endangering another person and criminal mischief, according to Peg Gibbons of The Intelligencer. Heitz had two felony arson charges withdrawn at his preliminary hearing in August 2012. He was not prosecuted on a third felony arson charge in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas, or a disorderly conduct charge, according to court records. Heitz will be on two years’ probation following parole, according to the article. Heitz will also undergo a psychiatric evaluation for arson-risk …

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Two Arson Charges Against Lansdale Man Withdrawn

Tyrone Allan Heitz, 21, of Wedgewood Drive, faces one felony arson charge and additional misdemeanor charges at Montgomery County arraignment in September

Two felony arson charges were withdrawn at a preliminary hearing for Tyrone Allan Wyche Heitz, 21, of the 800 block of Wedgewood Drive. Heitz is accused of starting a fire after getting fired. Heitz will face a felony arson charge, a misdemeanor charge of criminal mischief, a misdemeanor charge of recklessly endangering another person and a summary charge of disorderly conduct at a September 26 arraignment at Montgomery County court, according to court documents. On April 19, at 7:35 a.m., a Lansdale Police officer responded to Berk Wiper Converting at 707 N. Valley Forge Road for a report of an employee that set papers on fire, according to the affidavit of probable cause. Upon arrival, police checked the surrounding area for the suspect…

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Towamencin Arsonist Gets 80 Months

Jeffrey Reese Streamer, 44, of Upper Gwynedd, pleaded guilty Tuesday to two arsons that occurred in Towamencin and Wyncote Academy in Cheltenham

Jeffrey Reese Streamer, 44, of the 1200 block of Browning Court, Upper Gwynedd, was sentenced to 40 to 80 months in state prison for pleading guilty to two arsons and burglaries over a two-day period in 2011 in Towamencin and Cheltenham. According to Montgomery Newspapers, Streamer admitted to setting a fire on July 4, 2011 to 1010 Anders Road in Towamencin. Streamer also admitted to torching Wyncote Academy in Cheltenham the next day. The private school is on the 7900 block of Washington Lane. Streamer must serve 20 years' probation following imprisonment on two counts each of arson that endangered persons and burglary, according to the article The judge also ordered Streamer to pay $222,168 in restitution for both properties. When he's …

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Richard O'Donnell Arrested for Setting Saturday Night Fire in West Ambler

Richard O'Donnell, of Penllyn, was arrested for arson, after setting the Saturday night fire in West Ambler

Urban Terrorists Crippled by Grand Jury

Montco DA announces the arrest of 10 members of the Norristown-based "Gangsta Killer Bloods."

On Wednesday morning, Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Ferman announced the arrest of 10 alleged members of the "Gangsta Killer Bloods," including the alleged leader of the gang, 23-year-old Augustus Anthony Simmons, of Brooklyn, NY. The arrests cap off six months of work by a Montgomery County investigative grand jury, who traced the alleged criminal enterprise back to Simmons' arrival in Norristown in July of 2010. "When Simmons came in last summer, his goal was to organize criminals on the streets behind him," said Ferman. "He came down with the purpose of establishing and solidifying a Blood set in Montgomery County." A large scale investigation was launched on Dec. 15 2010, after a pair of fire-bombings on Stanbridge Street. …

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UPDATE: Blue Dog Pub Fire Deemed 'Suspicious'

Fire started between carbon dioxide cylinder and grease trap in rear of building

Towamencin Fire Marshal Kevin Pezzano and Towamencin Police are still investigating a fire that broke out in the rear of Blue Dog Pub Friday night around 10:15. At this time, the fire is deemed as "suspicious," according to Towamencin Vol. Fire Co. Chief Dean Miller. "It's suspicious at this point. We're not sure if it was mechanical or otherwise," said Miller. "The process is to eliminate all possibilities and see what we have left." Pezzano said police are working to see if any closed-circuit cameras may have captured someone behind the building in the Allen Forge Shopping Center. "We are working to see if something captured what was going on back there. We interviewed employees and now we have to sort through all the information they …

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