Lincoln police arrest a 40-year-old man suspected of setting fire to a home where his ex-girlfriend lived. Police found Dennis Porkopec at his home in Adams, Nebraska with burns to his nose and his eyebrows singed off. Porkopec told investigators he had an accident using Nair hair remover. Witnesses told fire investigators they saw a man in a Chevy Traverse pull up to the home in the 78-hundred block of North Hazelwood Drive on November 29. They told police they saw someone walk around the home, then leave. Shortly after, neighbors heard a large explosion and the house caught fire. The residents were not home at the time. The fire investigator determined there were 5 separate points of origin and pour patterns consistent with arson. One of the victims reported she had gone through a break up and was being harassed by her ex-boyfriend, 40-year-old Dennis Prokopec.Police say Porkopec has a Chevy Traverse, and clothes matching what witnesses say the suspect was wearing were found in his dryer. Police say Porkopec and the woman had broken up this summer. A wedding dress is also missing from the home. Prokopec was arrested for 2nd degree arson and burglary on December 2.

Lincoln police arrest a 40-year-old man suspected of setting fire to a home where his ex-girlfriend lived.

Police found Dennis Porkopec at his home in Adams, Nebraska with burns to his nose and his eyebrows singed off. Porkopec told investigators he had an accident using Nair hair remover.


Witnesses told fire investigators they saw a man in a Chevy Traverse pull up to the home in the 78-hundred block of North Hazelwood Drive on November 29. They told police they saw someone walk around the home, then leave. Shortly after, neighbors heard a large explosion and the house caught fire. The residents were not home at the time.

The fire investigator determined there were 5 separate points of origin and pour patterns consistent with arson. One of the victims reported she had gone through a break up and was being harassed by her ex-boyfriend, 40-year-old Dennis Prokopec.

Police say Porkopec has a Chevy Traverse, and clothes matching what witnesses say the suspect was wearing were found in his dryer.

Police say Porkopec and the woman had broken up this summer. A wedding dress is also missing from the home.

Prokopec was arrested for 2nd degree arson and burglary on December 2.





