• 10 days after Devil's Night, Saginaw still burning

Posted: **Fri Nov 10, 2006 2:43 am**

10 days after Devil's Night, Saginaw still burning

SAGINAW, Michigan (AP) -- Dozens of vacant homes have been set ablaze since a pre-Halloween arson spree last week, causing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage.

Late Wednesday and early Thursday, four fires erupted on the same block, causing more than $70,000 in damage. No one was injured.

"Why would anybody keep doing this?" Battalion Chief Donald Coleman asked.

Firefighters have battled more than 50 fires since the October 30 spree in which 16 houses, most of them vacant, burned. Since then, homes, cars and garbage have been set ablaze.

Widespread arson fires on the night before Halloween, dubbed Devil's Night, started years ago in Detroit. Saginaw, a city of about 60,000 residents, later began seeing copycat arsons.

Police have said a police officer trained in arson investigation will be working with Fire Marshal Gregory Barton to sift through charred homes, interview potential witnesses and track down leads.

"I would think the criminals would be a little less inclined to burn things down if they think they might be caught," Police Chief Gerald H. Cliff said.

Well, what do you all think? Worth someone making the trip to Saginaw?

Posted: **Fri Nov 10, 2006 7:52 am**

I'd take a look but I really can't afford to leave my area right now. Still getting things in order since I've been gone for so long.

Posted: **Fri Nov 10, 2006 8:34 pm**

That's like two hundred fifty miles from here. I've been putting in long nights at the temple, and I'm afraid I'd fall asleep on the drive.

I can make some calls though; we'll see who I can reach out and touch.

Posted: **Sat Nov 11, 2006 6:32 am**

Unless there're people being burned to death in those fires, I doubt this is more than a bunch of punks burning things for fun. While I would love to go and teach a few things to people like that, 1) it isn't my place, 2) I have a baby to take care of now, and 3) like Willie said, it's not quite in our backyard.

Sorry I can't help on this one.

Posted: **Tue Nov 14, 2006 8:50 pm**

Well, well.

I called up my cop buddy John. After Detroit's Six Mile gang got shut down after the Brightmoor riots, other gangs moved in to fill the void. Including a South American gang nobody ever heard of.

Over the next eight months there was an increase in animal theft and arson, not to mention a series of ritual murders. Meanwhile, that South American gang swallowed up a quarter of the city.

Happenstance? Coincidence?

Posted: **Wed Nov 15, 2006 3:07 pm**

Wonder if these are the guys tied in with the necromantic fellas?

Posted: **Wed Nov 15, 2006 7:14 pm**

Wouldn't hurt to look into it and I for one don't belive in coincidence.

Posted: **Wed Nov 15, 2006 11:39 pm**

I'm the Society member closest to the area. I'll see if I can do something with my schedule.

Posted: **Fri Jan 05, 2007 5:50 pm**

http://www.weyi.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=22606

There have been a few arrests.

Posted: **Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:18 pm**

But did they get the right suspect or is he taking the rap for something else?

Posted: **Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:07 pm**

There's only so much I can say about an ongoing investigation, but I wouldn't have had him picked up without reasonable suspicion.

Posted: **Thu Jan 18, 2007 10:54 am**

HAHAHHAHA!!!

Sometimes I travel north.

Mark Anthony is one of my many minions

I also made my presence known two days before the Brightmoor riots. I paid Malcolm Jones a visit in his dreams..... Too bad about poor Malcolm...HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

John Rolands and Willie better quit snooping...