(MURFREESBORO) Rutherford County Fire Rescue and its Fire/Arson Unit has charged a female suspect with aggravated arson after responding to a house fire at 3709 Woodbury Pike shortly after 9:00 o'clock Tuesday night.
Units from Rutherford County, Kittrell and Lascassas Fire Departments, along with Rutherford County Emergency Medical Services and the sheriffs office, arrived at the address to discover a small fire on a bed. Kittrell personnel quickly extinguished the fire and contained it to a small area in the bedroom.
The county Fire/Arson Unit conducted a routine investigation and determined that the fire was intentionally set by Samantha Weaver. The victim was inside the home when the bed was on fire. The Rutherford County Sheriffs Office charged the 23-year old woman with domestic assault/manufacturing a prohibited weapon and aggravated arson.
Rutherford County's Fire/Arson Investigator Joshua Sanders said, "It is very fortunate that no injuries from fire were sustain by any of the parties involved. RCFR takes arson very seriously, especially when it endangers others."
Weaver was arrested and booked into Rutherford County Adult Detention Center with her bond set at $108,000.