Posted on 03/22/2024 8:09:34 AM PDT by V_TWIN
BURLINGTON, Iowa — A woman is facing multiple charges after setting fire to a stranger’s porch in Burlington, Iowa on Tuesday.
Burlington Iowa Police Department said the fire happened around 4:30 p.m. The home’s resident called the police after she got a motion alert on the security camera. She looked at the video and said she saw a woman lighting a fire.
The resident claimed that she did not know the woman and never saw her before, police said.
Officers located the woman seen in the video, later identified as Michelle Young 46, according to KWQC. She allegedly admitted to investigators that she started the fire.
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Drag to Resize Video TRENDING Woman accused of lighting fire on porch at house of people who thought were her friends, police say Michelle Young +Caption (Burlington Iowa Police Department/Burlington Iowa Police Department)
By Jessica Goodman, Cox Media Group National Content Desk March 21, 2024 at 9:24 pm EDT
BURLINGTON, Iowa — A woman is facing multiple charges after setting fire to a stranger’s porch in Burlington, Iowa on Tuesday.
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Burlington Iowa Police Department said the fire happened around 4:30 p.m. The home’s resident called the police after she got a motion alert on the security camera. She looked at the video and said she saw a woman lighting a fire.
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The resident claimed that she did not know the woman and never saw her before, police said.
Officers located the woman seen in the video, later identified as Michelle Young 46, according to KWQC. She allegedly admitted to investigators that she started the fire.
e.l.f. SKIN Sponsored Shop now Young said she thought the house belonged to a friend, the news outlet reported.
According to an arrest affidavit obtained by KWQC, Young said she saw a sign that said “Witches Welcome” and lit some items she found on fire because she believed she was a witch. The items she lit on fire were random and she picked up them while walking in the area, police said.
Young has been charged with reckless use of a fire and possession of drug paraphernalia, police said.
The porch fire was put out quickly and left minimal damage, police said.
Was it the old dog poop in a flaming bag trick?
Headlines are written by uneducated morons.
I stopped there.
That’s a witch, all right.
Holy crap! She’s BATSHIT CRAZY.
“Young said she saw a sign that said “Witches Welcome” and lit some items she found on fire because she believed she was a witch.”
This is why the 72 hour Baker Act and Thorazine were invited.
That house could very well have become engulfed and occupants burned to death.
For the safety of the public at large, some people really do need to be institutionalized.
who thought who was who’s friend?
The way I understand it, crazy lady thought the people in the house were friends.....being delusional is a large part of mental illness......not to mention drugs, since they found drug paraphernalia on her.
Yikes!! I think we’ve found another one Laz would not hit.
Meth-it’s a helluva drug.
If he would, he best have a fire extinguisher within reach. 😏
In Alaska you can legally use deadly force on a person attempting to set fire to an occupied dwelling.
I suspect that the stand your ground law in Florida would cover that as well......reasonable fear of bodily injury.
Stand your ground has nothing to do with this. That applies to being in a public place and having no duty to retreat.
“Stand your ground has nothing to do with this. That applies to being in a public place and having no duty to retreat”
Not in Florida
FLORIDA’S “STAND YOUR GROUND” LAW
“This law, as outlined in Sections 776.012, and 776.013, Florida Statutes, expands the scope of a self-defense claim traditionally available in a criminal case by:
Eliminating the general of “duty of retreat” imposed at common law;
Presuming legal justification for the use of force in a person’s dwelling, residence, or vehicle...”
https://www.husseinandwebber.com/case-work/criminal-defense-articles/floridas-stand-ground-law/
Getting to be the norm.
Screw fixing society, bring back copy editors.
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