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Decatur woman charged with arson in TBI probe

Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / The Meigs County 911 Center, the Meigs County Sheriff's Office and the Meigs County Jail are all at 410 River Road in Decatur.
Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / The Meigs County 911 Center, the Meigs County Sheriff's Office and the Meigs County Jail are all at 410 River Road in Decatur. Staff Photo by Robin Rudd / The Meigs County 911 Center, the Meigs County Sheriff's Office and the Meigs County Jail are all at 410 River Road in Decatur.


A Decatur, Tennessee, woman has been charged in connection with a house fire state investigators said was intentionally set with two people inside.

Laura Huckabey, 45, is facing two counts of aggravated arson in a joint investigation by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the Meigs County Sheriff’s Office into a residential fire, according to a news release by TBI spokesperson Susan Niland.

(READ MORE: Meigs County woman charged in Anderson County rehab clinic fire)

Huckabey was arrested Saturday and booked into the Meigs County Jail on a $50,000 bond, according to Niland. Officials at the Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that Huckabey was still being held. A mugshot wasn’t immediately available.