Jacqueline AnglandA Soddy-Daisy woman has been charged with arson after she allegedly set fire to her own trailer last month and lied about it to authorities.
On Nov. 6, firefighters responded to the 1700 block of Apple Street and extinguished two separate fires in a trailer – one along a living room wall and another in the center of the bed in the master bedroom.
The resident, Jacqueline Angland, 56, had left the home and walked to her parents’ house to report the fire, according to court documents.
Angland told a Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office deputy she was cooking when the fire started and she ran out of the house but locked her keys inside. Detectives noted multiple discrepancies between that account and evidence at the scene, including the fact the fire had two separate points of origin, there was no food on the stove, and the door was unlocked.
Angland has been charged with one count of arson in connection with the fire. Her next court appearance will be before General Sessions Judge Christine Sell on Jan. 2.