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Thursday, May 16, 2013  Lowndes County Sheriff's Department has made an arrest after a fire was started in a Lowndes Middle School bathroom.

Saturday, May 11, 2013  Updated with video; The Cordele Police Department is searching for an arsonist who set a woman’s 15th Avenue house on fire Sunday morning while she was away on vacation.

Monday, April 22, 2013  According to a press release issued by the Georgia Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner's office, fire investigators have determined that an early morning fire at the St. James Methodist Church in Bleckley County was intentionally set.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens announced Tuesday that Smokey, the state arson canine has passed away after a brief illness.

Tuesday, April 09, 2013  The Albany Fire Department says a warrant has been taken for 54-year-old James L. Ballard of Albany, regarding arson charges and his suspected involvement in the six fires at the Albany Heights apartment complex in March.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013 

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Few Albany Heights residents will forget March 27th, when the entire building was evacuated after a couch was set on fire.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013  Albany Heights senior apartment residents were woken up by fire crews just after midnight Tuesday night and told to evacuate.

Saturday, March 09, 2013  Updated with video; A swerving driver on the Liberty Expressway leads to multiple charges spread out across Dougherty and Lee County.

Monday, February 25, 2013 

Tuesday, January 08, 2013  Updated with video; A Douglas woman is in jail and facing multiple charges after attacking her ex-boyfriend on January 4th.

Monday, December 24, 2012  An ex-con gunned down two firefighters after luring them to his neighborhood by setting a car and a house ablaze early Monday.

Monday, December 10, 2012  A Sunday morning fire in Coffee County has Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Ralph Hudgens offering a $10,000 reward for information.

Friday, November 09, 2012  Updated with video; 47-year-old Cherie Chung of Sylvester has been arrested and charged with arson according to the Sylvester Police Department.

Friday, October 26, 2012  Updated with video; Investigators say a stolen 1998 Grey Chevrolet Silverado, was intentionally set on fire.