Role reversal in church fire (really mad ex-girlfriend)

Richmond Times Dispatch ^ | Jan 19, 2004 | MARK HOLMBERG

[putupon]

Charles Robert Garten III said it was "a nightmare" when Henrico County investigators accused him of burning Poplar Springs Baptist Church to the ground Tuesday.

And the 24-year-old Varina resident is "a little mad" that he spent four days in Henrico County's jail before authorities released him Saturday, saying they were given false information about his involvement. Henrico's commonwealth's attorney plans to drop the arson charge as soon as court opens tomorrow.

[Catspaw]

"I don't deserve to be in this place," she said yesterday, sobbing over the phone from the Henrico jail. "They're telling me I'm facing 10 years [in prison]. I didn't do anything wrong."

Um, she did. She lied to the cops. Twice. And someone lost his freedom because of her lies.

[TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig]

They say it's always easier getting in than getting out.

[sauropod]

Ping!

[Rytwyng]

She can hardly believe she's being held without bond for allegedly giving investigators the false information that led to Garten's arrest

Deuteronomy 19
18 ...the judges shall inquire diligently; and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
19 then shall ye do unto him, as he had purposed to do unto his brother...