Authorities in Tennessee have introduced fees towards a 19-year-old lady after she allegedly set her ex-boyfriend’s mattress on fireplace whereas he was sleeping along with his new girlfriend and her child. In response to WREG, Derica Wiggins’ arrest on Friday got here after she dedicated the alleged crime in March.
Authorities stated the hearth was in the end put out earlier than firefighters responded to the scene, including that there have been no accidents. Narrating the incident, the feminine sufferer stated they had been within the bed room when she supposedly heard the sound of a lighter from outdoors. She additionally stated she seen a person was peeping into the bed room through a crack within the door, however initially believed that was considered one of her boyfriend’s brothers.
She acknowledged that she later seen the comforter they had been sleeping in was on fireplace after she wakened. The hearth was extinguished by her boyfriend earlier than he went outdoors and acquired right into a confrontation with Wiggins, police stated. Authorities additionally stated Ring video captured Wiggins making her means into the house and later leaving, WREG reported.
The comforter was broken extensively after it was set on fireplace, authorities stated, including that the bed room was additionally broken from the smoke. Wiggins has since been charged with aggravated assault, arson, reckless burning, and setting fireplace to non-public property.
