The Nation - News from Jan. 6, 1985
Two Chicago firefighters were charged in connection with a $10,000 arson-for-profit scheme following an undercover investigation by police and federal agents, authorities said. Bond was set at $25,000 each for Donald Podolsky, 27, and Charles Hawkins, 33, who were arrested while entering a building in the city’s Humboldt Park neighborhood. Authorities said they found two five-gallon cans of gasoline in the suspects’ car.
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