{"id":184348,"date":"2021-03-01T10:45:33","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T15:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=184348"},"modified":"2021-03-01T10:45:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-01T15:45:40","slug":"man-arrested-after-allegedly-targeting-conn-ems-agencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/man-arrested-after-allegedly-targeting-conn-ems-agencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Man arrested after allegedly targeting Conn. EMS agencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fman-arrested-after-allegedly-targeting-conn-ems-agencies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=184348&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2380068\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2380068\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Richard White, 37, was arrested and charged with a string of Molotov cocktail attacks in Conn. (Photo\/ handout\/ Old Saybrook Police)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:35 AM PT \u2013 Monday, March 1, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>A man believed to be responsible for targeting multiple Connecticut EMS agencies with molotov cocktails has been arrested in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, authorities said 37-year-old Richard White allegedly threw the improvised incendiary weapons at several locations across the state. The assault caused multiple fires.<\/p>\n<p>Local police said White was taken into custody Saturday and is now awaiting extradition back to Connecticut. Officials believe the suspect, who works as an EMT in Connecticut, specifically targeted all four of the locations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do know that this all unfolded quickly under a short amount of time,\u201d stated Sgt. Paul Makuc. \u201cThe first fire it was reported in Old Saybrook shortly after four o\u2019clock and the last fire in Roxbury was shortly reported shortly after six o\u2019clock.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">UPDATE: Old Saybrook PD say Richard White of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Torrington?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Torrington<\/a> was found in PA tonight. White is the suspect in the Arson Fire started by a Molotov cocktail at the Hunters Ambulance Facility. He\u2019s also connected to other fires stated tonight that targeted EMS agencies. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/News12CT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@News12CT<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/e0RpBjRQHa\">pic.twitter.com\/e0RpBjRQHa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rose Shannon (@rose_shannon6) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rose_shannon6\/status\/1365869781224722433?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>White has been charged with third-degree arson and third-degree burglary. Police noted, the case will likely result in additional charges as the investigation continues<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/bipartisan-calls-for-gov-cuomos-resignation-grow\/\">Bipartisan calls for Gov. Cuomo\u2019s resignation grow<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Richard White, 37, was arrested and charged with a string of Molotov cocktail attacks in Conn. (Photo\/ handout\/ Old Saybrook Police) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 7:35 AM PT \u2013 Monday, March &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2274446,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-184348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=184348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2274446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}