Community Risk

ATF Joining Connellsville, Pennsylvania Arson Probe

Feb. 23, 2004

Investigators with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms and Tobacco are scheduled to arrive Tuesday in Fayette County, where seven arsons have been reported in recent months

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