Arson at Carey Mansion

[Mysterious Benefactor]

Do you think if this terrible act of arson actually did occur at Collinwood, would the Collinsport Police Department have bungled this criminal investigation as they did with just about every other criminal investigation they ever undertook?   

That's a rhetorical question, right? 

[Bob_the_Bartender]

Do you think if this terrible act of arson actually did occur at Collinwood, would the Collinsport Police Department have bungled this criminal investigation as they did with just about every other criminal investigation they ever undertook?   

That's a rhetorical question, right? 

All I’ll say is that I’m glad that it was the Newport, RI fire department that responded to this fire and NOT the Collinsport, ME fire department that responded to this conflagration. 

(Think the Todd Antique Shop and Collinwood in PT 1970.) 

[Mysterious Benefactor]

I've never really thought about it before, but yeah, the Collinsport Fire Department is just as inept as the Collinsport Police Department. Someone should go the the Town Council to demand some changes!! 

(And while we're listing the complete loss of property, let's not forget Worthington Hall in 1897...)

[Bob_the_Bartender]

I guess that the McGruder Mansion, a/k/a ”Rose Cottage,” was too far out in the sticks for the Collinsport Fire Department to save that old dump in time? 

[Mysterious Benefactor]

All this talk of fires has me wondering if we ever saw the fishing shack again in the present after it was set on fire during the Laura storyline? We definitely saw it during 1795/96 and I think again in 1840/41. But nothing comes to mind in the present...

[patrickm]

There hasn't been much activity on this case because they have been conducting competency hearing on whether Foster Krupa was determined to be fit for trial. Everything has been on hold til this month when it was determined he is fit for trial. He has been held w/o bail since his arrest. They are now conducting bail hearings whether or not he will be released on bail -which were held up - but he is also expected to be indicted by a grand jury in the next 6 months to decide if there is enough evidence  to officially indict him on the charges. He is facing 16 criminal charges including 2 capital offenses of carjacking and arson.  If he is indicted (lets hope) , he will be arraigned and according to his attorney, the process may last 1 to 2 years.