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JEFFERSONVILLE, Ind. -- An 18-year-old man faces criminal charges for a drag race that ended when his Camaro crashed into a house, rupturing a gas line and setting the house on fire.\nNo one was injured in Wednesday afternoon's crash, and no one was in the house at the time.\nBut Gary Allen Hall Jr. of Jeffersonville now faces charges of reckless driving, criminal mischief and criminal recklessness.\nLt. John Hawkins of the Clark County Sheriff's Department said if Hall is convicted of the felony criminal-mischief charge he could receive up to a three-year sentence.\nHawkins said two cars -- the Camaro and a black sports car -- were drag racing through a subdivision in Jeffersonville, just north of Louisville, Ky., when they came to a T intersection.\nThe sports car managed to stop, but Hall's car continued through the intersection and ran across the lawn and into the side of the house.\nThe crash ruptured a gas line and caused the house and car to catch fire, Hawkins said. The car appeared to be a total loss, and the house suffered major damage.\nHawkins said the black sports car left the scene after the wreck.\nIt has not been determined how fast the cars were going.\nBurglar makes off with 'tooth fairy' money\nPORTAGE, Ind. -- The mother of a 9-year-old boy who spent three years filling his toy safe with coins the "tooth fairy" left under his pillow is outraged that a burglar emptied the boy's safe.\nThe boy's mother said she returned home last Thursday to find her home ransacked and her eldest son's safe ripped apart and emptied of the coins, including gold Sacajawea dollar coins his baby teeth had netted him.\nThe woman, who asked not to be identified, said the 9-year-old has been asking a lot of questions about his missing coins.\n"It's been difficult for him," she told The Times of Munster.\nThe Porter County Crime Stoppers is offering a cash reward of up to $1,000 for information leading to the burglar's arrest.\nThe boy's mother said it would be nice if the burglar was caught, so her son can see the person held accountable.\nIn any case, the boy has something to take his mind off his lost coins. The day after the burglary, his uncle brought him a new, large fireproof safe -- a gesture that "thrilled" the youngster, his mother said.\nShe has already started to replace some of the lost coins.