Michigan authorities say they have arrested the woman who was filmed setting a car on fire before the flames blasted her to the ground.
The Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office charged the suspect, 26-year-old Sydney Parham, with felony third-degree arson in connection to the July 22 incident. According to the Macomb County Sheriff’s office, police responded to reports of a vehicle fire in an apartment complex parking lot.
Officers said they spoke to a number of witnesses and identified the Parham as the suspect. They also obtained a now-viral video that purportedly showed Parham standing outside a black Jeep and dousing its interior with an inflammable liquid. Moments later, a burst of flames blew the woman backwards after she apparently ignited the vehicle through its rear window.
The sheriff’s office said Parham was an acquaintance of the vehicle owner, but did not elaborate on the nature of their relationship.
Vehicle Arson in Harrison Township pic.twitter.com/stOjwzCTgL
— Macomb Sheriff (@MacombSheriff) July 24, 2020
Parham was taken into custody after she was located at her residence. The woman was then “checked out medically and treated for minor cuts and burns, while at the Macomb County Jail.” Parham received a $20,000 personal bond and is scheduled to appear on court on Aug. 5.
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Meanwhile, Herald.ng earlier reported that three kidnappers were killed while two others were captured when they engaged in a gun battle with a combined team of hunters and neighborhood watch members in Kogi state on Saturday.
The incident happened along Lokoja-Okene highway after members of the neighborhood watch arrested two of their informants who revealed that other members of the gang were planning to stage a kidnap attack on the highway.
The Senior Special Adviser on Security from Okehi Local Government Area, Abdulraheem Ohiare and his colleague from Adavi, Jospeh Salami, thereafter led hunters to the hideout of the gang after the arrested informants confessed.
At the hideout, a gun battle ensued leading to the death of three gang members.
The Lokoja-Okene highway has been plagued with kidnappers and armed robbers who have terrorized travellers on the road for months without respite.
Just last week, the wife of the former speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Zakawanu Garuba who died in Abuja was abducted while escorting the corpse for burial in Auchi, Edo state.
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