A Chicago-area man has admitted to
hiring an arsonist to set fire to the suburban gay bar he owned as part
of an insurance fraud scheme.
Frank Elliott pleaded guilty to one court of arson and one count of
insurance fraud in connection with the June 2012 fire at the Velvet Rope
Ultra Lounge in Oak Park, Ill., Windy City Times reports. He entered the plea in June in Cook County Circuit Court, but it was reported by local media just this week.
Elliott was sentenced to two years’ probation and ordered to pay a
fine of $1,179, plus make restitution amounting to $107,000, a
spokeswoman for the Cook County state’s attorney told the Times.
Owner of Chicago-Area Gay Bar Admits to Arson Scheme | Advocate.com
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Tuesday, August 11, 2015
Jury rejects hate crime claim by Vonore couple in house fire lawsuit - News Sentinel Story
A federal jury in a lawsuit has concluded a Monroe County lesbian couple's claim their house was torched in an act of hate was a hoax.
A jury in U.S. District Court on Monday returned a verdict in favor of American National Property and Casualty Company in a lawsuit over the fire claim of Carol Ann Stutte and Laura Jean Stutte.
In the verdict, the jury specifically concluded the insurer had proved by what's known as a preponderance of the evidence standard that the Stuttes torched their house in Vonore, Tenn., and covered it up by spray-painting the word "queers" on a detached garage and labeling the fire a hate crime by their neighbor.
The Stuttes' house was destroyed by a blaze in September 2010. The couple at the time blamed neighbor Janice Millsaps in media interviews and a lawsuit filed against Millsaps in Monroe County Chancery Court.
Jury rejects hate crime claim by Vonore couple in house fire lawsuit - News Sentinel Story
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