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Eco Terrorism? Luxury Homes In Arizona Torched

Posted by: Chris Steins
Thanks to: The Practice of New Urbanism
13 July 2001 - 10:00am

A 49-year old marketing consultant is arrested for a string of fires targeting luxury homes in Arizona.

"...Four brand-new houses in the Catalina Foothills north of Tucson sit blackened in total or partial ruin. On June 12, shortly after midnight, an arsonist torched the 5,000- to 8,000-square-foot vacant structures, causing $2 million in damage. Phoenix has experienced 11 such arsons of trophy homes during the last three years, and the Tucson fires followed a similar pattern. In Tucson, as in Phoenix, a graffiti signature - CSP, or Coalition to Save the Preserves - was found near the homesites."

Full Story: Luxury homes torched in Tucson
Source: High Country News, July 2, 2001
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