A lady was arrested Sunday afternoon for allegedly utilizing gasoline to begin a hearth at a Jewish faculty in New York Metropolis.
The girl was recognized as 39-year-old Sharee Jones, and he or she was arrested on costs of tried arson and reckless endangerment.
Witnesses stated they noticed Jones fleeing on foot from the college, Yeshiva of Flatbush, carrying a crimson canister and sporting darkish clothes on the night of Oct. 14.
A safety guard noticed the hearth and was capable of put it out earlier than it unfold. Nobody was injured.
New York Metropolis Police Division’s Hate Crimes job pressure posted a Twitter video on Thursday displaying a girl holding a crimson canister of gasoline, asking for witnesses to return ahead to assist determine the girl.
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and New York Metropolis Mayor Invoice de Blasio expressed how their displeasure with the incident by way of Twitter.
“Final night time, an unidentified particular person poured gasoline in entrance of the Yeshiva of Flatbush & ignited it,” Hochul tweeted. “These cowardly acts of hate don’t have any residence right here.”
Additionally, de Blasio described the incident as “an assault on all New Yorkers.”
“An assault on one in all our yeshivas is an assault on all New Yorkers, and we WILL deliver this individual to justice,” he posted on Twitter Friday.
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