Results tagged “carfire”

Just as the NY Times published a story about four car fires near Central Park, the police have arrested a man who might be involved in them. WABC 7 reports, "Police say the man was caught near a car, at the intersection of West 83rd Street and Central Park West, just after 3 a.m. this morning. The suspect was reportedly in possession of a flammable liquid at the time of the arrest, and it appeared he was about to set a car on fire." The Times articled mentions, "Several rambling notes were left at the scenes of two of the fires; among their topics were references to being 'sexually disrespected' and complaints about the courts... and more than one used the phrase 'mind control.'" The fires have taken place on February 4 at CPW and 91st, February 11 at 87th and Broadway, February 12 at CPW and 83rd, and yesterday at CPW and 105th.

Reader Anthony just sent in this image from Cookshop, on the corner of 10th Avenue and 20th Street, saying that "diners with plates in hand abandoned their al fresco dining as thick black choking smoke headed towards the Cookshop." No word yet on whether they returned to settle their bills.

Saturday night, after putting out a car fire near the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, firefighters found two bodies in the trunk. The ME's office says they were victims of "homicidal violence, including blunt-force trauma of the head," before being burned.