Woman hospitalized in Lethbridge hotel fire facing arson charge
Kerissa Rikki Tyrell Plume, 33, has been charged with arson-related offences and failing to comply with a release order.
LETHBRIDGE -
Lethbridge police say a woman who ended up in hospital after she allegedly started a fire at southside hotel has been located.
Firefighters were called to the Holiday Inn on Mayor Magrath Drive South around 1 a.m. on Feb. 24.
There was a fire in a room on the hotel’s third storey, and a person inside the room in need of medical attention.
The fire was quickly dealt with and the woman was taken to hospital and treated, though she later left.
Police have since charged the woman, who has since been identified as 33-year-old Kerissa Rikki Tyrell Plume, with arson-related offences and failing to comply with a release order.
After searching for her, she was located and taken into custody.
According to police, the fire was the result of smoking materials being improperly disposed of and the damage to the hotel from fire, smoke and water is in the area of $1 million.
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