Article: Arsons tied to street racers; Fame called motive in fires.(PAGE ONE)

Byline: Matthew Cella, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Members of the "Unseen Cavaliers" - a street-racing club in Charles County, Md. - ignited the state's largest residential arson case at an upscale development in Indian Head this month in an effort to become "bigger and more famous," according to federal court documents.

"This was a well-planned, organized group of adults who met together in advance to build what they wanted to have seem like a great event, something that would bring fame to their group," Assistant U.S. Attorney Donna Sanger said during a detention hearing yesterday for one of the six suspects charged with arson.

However, Miss Sanger ...

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