String Of Suspected New Haven Arsons In Foreclosed Homes Raises Concerns For Mayor

In New Haven, Connecticut, WTNH-TV Channel 8 reports:

• Desperate times lead to desperate measures, as the saying goes, and the city of New Haven is worried home foreclosures may have some people turning to arson. [...] "My fear, frankly, is if you get a block front full of vacant houses, if out don't intervene you'll soon have 6 or 8 vacant houses on that block and they become targets of theft, and then they become targets of arson," [Mayor John DeStefano] said.

• Three suspected arsons in as many weeks at houses in foreclosure [...] have the city concerned if foreclosures numbers continue to rise arson rates will too.

For more, see Mayor fears foreclosures may lead to arson. ArsonForeclosureAlpha