CLIFTON, Colo.—Police say an apartment fire that forced the evacuation of two young children, a teenager and an adult apparently was started by the mother of the young children.
Twenty-two-year-old Kayla Settle could face charges of felony arson and criminal mischief, as well as misdemeanor charges of child abuse, reckless endangerment and false reporting for the Nov. 19 fire. The Daily Sentinel in Grand Junction reported that Mesa County Sheriff’s Department deputies arrested Settle Wednesday.
According to an arrest affidavit, deputies say Settle claimed a man in a ski mask may have started the fire. Later, she told deputies she was depressed and had used lighter fluid to start the fire after smoking marijuana.
The fire caused $20,000 damage.
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Information from: Greeley Daily Tribune,
