Woman Charged with Arson, Admitted to Starting Fire for Insurance Money

By: WSAZ News Staff Email

Posted: Wed 10:59 AM, Aug 01, 2012

CABELL COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A Wayne County woman has been arrested and charged with arson after admitting to starting a fire in her old home to collect insurance money.

Brianna Arnold,30,of Kenova was arrested this week.

The State Fire Marshal's Office says in the criminal complaint that Arnold admitted to using a faulty exhaust fan in her bathroom to ignite a fire. She said she knew the fan had caught fire before.

The fire happened on February 25 at Arnold's old residence on Barker's Ridge Road in Milton.

She admitted that her intention was to collect insurance money.

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