Manchester woman charged with arson in connection with Laurel County barn fire
Manchester woman charged with arson in connection with Laurel County barn fire
A Manchester woman was arrested Wednesday after a Laurel County sheriff’s deputy said that she tried to burn down a barn. Phillis R.
Fire response and evacuations
A deputy was called to a property off Johnson Road after a report that a woman, later identified as Fields, went to a residence she did not own, asked to borrow a lighter, then entered the barn and tried to start a fire.
The 911 caller told deputies that Fields appeared “dazed and confused.”
She had a lighter in her pocket and a substance that the deputy believed to be methamphetamine.
Fields was arrested and taken to the Laurel Correctional Center.
Cause of fire under investigation
Fields, 56, is charged with third-degree arson and first-degree possession of a controlled substance.
The deputy saw a fire in the barn and, after investigating, found Fields standing over the flames.
