A Missouri woman was sentenced to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to setting a house fire using gasoline and Takis chips.
A woman pled guilty to setting a residence on fire using gasoline and a bag of Takis tortilla chips. According to a probable cause statement, first-responders from the Springfield Fire Department and Springfield Police Department responded to a house fire at around 3:25 p.m. on Aug. 11, 2023. Upon arriving, officers found multiple people standing in front of the house, including one that said 43-year-old Patricia Williams had started the fire.
Williams was one of the people standing in front of the home, so officers quickly detained her. The statement said Williams was found with 'soot on her face and was complaining of smoke inhalation' so an ambulance was called to transport her to the hospital. During that time, police learned that Williams had two active arrest warrants. She was arrested after being treated and was taken into custody.Further investigation of the scene and questioning of the witnesses by Fire Marshal Travis Morrissey uncovered that two residents of the home 'saw Williams pour gasoline from a soda bottle onto clothes and the floor in the laundry room.' They also reportedly 'saw Williams ignite Takis chips on fire and then toss the chips into the laundry room, which ignited the gasoline and clothing.' Morrissey wrote that he found the soda bottle and confirmed it smelled of gasoline and later conducted a 'field flammability test' to see if Takis were able to ignite on fire, which he found to be possible. According to the statement, when interviewing Williams, the woman said 'she poured the gasoline along the back wall of the laundry room and in the bathroom... stated she used a match or lighter to ignite the Takis chips on fire so that she could ignite the gasoline in the laundry room.'Despite the confession during interrogation, Williams initially pleaded not guilty to the charge of first-degree arson in 2023, but changed her plea to guilty in a second hearing on Jan. 7. She was sentenced to 12 years in prison
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