Arson Laws

My question involves criminal law for the state of: Connecticut

My house was burnt down by a 17 year old kid a while ago. The kid claimed to have accidentally flicked a cigar towards our porch on the same day, hours before the fire started. He said he was on our property cleaning up. This was not how the fire started, though. The fire started in the basement of our house.

Our family was on vacation and kids were partying at our house (without our permission or knowledge) while we were gone. I have a list of names of the majority of these kids. They have admitted to drinking alcohol at our house. None of them are 21 or older. I don't think any are even 18.

There was something stolen from the house (a pill bottle) and some of the kids admitting to driving our lawnmower (using the key) but the lawnmower not have the key in it. The kids are admitting to being on our property but not to being in our house. They were in our screen porch, which was locked. The police are saying that this does not place any of the kids in our house. The police say they can do absolutely nothing about it because the fire was supposedly an accident.

Several of the kids, including the one who burnt down our house, have lied under oath and the police are aware of this.

I'm hearing a lot of stories about our house but I cannot verify any of them.

What can we do? We would like to sue to regain the value of all our possessions and to make up for our suffering, but would that even be possible?What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)?

Sure it's possible....but even if you won a lawsuit against ALL of the kids involved, what would you be able to COLLECT from them??? Yes, judgements can be put in place against juveniles and held against them into adulthood, but you're unlikely to see a dime for YEARS, and even then, given their earning potential, the actual amount you'd receive is likely to be negligable in the big picture for the forseeable 5 years or better.

What is your homeowner's NOT reimbursing you for?

What did the arson report say was the cause of the fire and the location of the origin of the fire?

The parents are not at all responsible?

Insurance did not cover all the antiques in our house.

Sorry, I shouldn't have used that as a topic, it's misleading. They don't know how the fire started, all they know is that it started in the basement. They don't know whether it is arson or not.