LM Police Log

Multiple Cars Set Ablaze in Act of Arson

Detectives were on the scene after a set of cars were set fire to in a parking lot.

A witness called LMPD on Nov. 11 after he saw several cars on fire in the parking lot of 7 Motors Inc., 3021 Franks Rd. in Huntingdon Valley. He was working at his shop nearby when he heard popping noises outside and saw an orange glow through his window. The Lower Moreland Police Department along with the Philadelphia and Huntingdon Valley fire companies responded to the scene. Several cars were fully enflamed when police arrived, and two employees inside the building said they had no idea there was a fire until police knocked on the door. Detectives from LM, Montgomery County, PA Police fire investigator and LM Fire Marshal were all on scene. The owner of 7 Motors Inc. arrived to see five of his cars on fire. The owner of Elite Collision…

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Local Man Gets 16 Years in Jail for Burning Business Down

The owner of One Source Motors committed arson on his own company.

  A Huntingdon Valley man will face 16 years in a prison after burning down his business in Northeast Philadelphia to obtain money from the insurance claim. Michael Giamo, 31, organized a fire at his auto-repair shop, One Source Motors, in May 2010. He fled the country to Brazil beforehand and agreed to pay a friend $10,000 for setting up the fire. Giamo collected $127,000 from the arson and was sentenced to pay back over $200,000 in restitution. CHARGES ORIGINALLY FILED IN MARCH An investigation of the scene revealed a pile of burned promotional t-shirts on an office chair and the area around it. It was determined that someone had intentionally poured gasoline on the shirts and started the fire. Giamo was found guilty of mail fraud, using…

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Horsham Officials Investigate 'Suspicious' Fires

Several fires broke out early Saturday morning within minutes of each other.

Fire crews from Horsham, Hatboro and Bucks County worked to put out fires in Horsham and neighboring Upper Moreland around 1:45 a.m. Saturday. The handful of fires, which broke out in several locations on Blair Mill Road, are classified as "incendiary," according to Horsham Fire Marshal George Fida. He said on Monday that both Horsham and Upper Moreland officials, as well as the county fire marshal and the state police are investigating the fires.  According to 6ABC, the first fire broke out at Blair Mill Apartments, in the 3800 block of Blair Mill Road in Upper Moreland. When crews arrived, they discovered some trash dumpsters and one of the building's laundry rooms ablaze. Around the same time, 6ABC reports that a police officer noticed …

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Urban Terrorists Crippled by Grand Jury

Montco DA announces the arrest of 10 members of the Norristown-based "Gangsta Killer Bloods."

On Wednesday morning, Montgomery County District Attorney Risa Ferman announced the arrest of 10 alleged members of the "Gangsta Killer Bloods," including the alleged leader of the gang, 23-year-old Augustus Anthony Simmons, of Brooklyn, NY. The arrests cap off six months of work by a Montgomery County investigative grand jury, who traced the alleged criminal enterprise back to Simmons' arrival in Norristown in July of 2010. "When Simmons came in last summer, his goal was to organize criminals on the streets behind him," said Ferman. "He came down with the purpose of establishing and solidifying a Blood set in Montgomery County." A large scale investigation was launched on Dec. 15 2010, after a pair of fire-bombings on Stanbridge Street. …

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