A woman has been arrested on a criminal mischief charge after allegedly setting a fire in a North State Line Avenue trash dumpster Sunday night.
Stormmi Cole, 35, of Texarkana, Texas, was arrested by Texas-side police shortly after 11 p.m. Sunday, said Police Spokesman Shawn Vaughn.
Police found Cole in the 3800 block of Olive Street wearing a motorcycle helmet and carrying a mop, Vaughn said in a press release.
Cole is being held in the Bi-State Jail with a bond of $5,000 on the criminal mischief charge.
Officers and firefighters were dispatched at 10:52 p.m. Sunday to the O'Reilly's Auto Parts in the 3700 block of North State Line Avenue where a trash dumpster was on fire. When they arrived, the dumpster on the side of the building was fully engulfed in flames.
As officers searched the area for the suspect who had set the dumpster ablaze, a call of a possible burglary in progress in the 3800 block of Olive Street was also received. Cole was stopped by officers as she was walking from that location, Vaughn said. She was arrested after officers realized that she matched the description of the suspect in the fire at O'Reilly's Auto Parts.
Within an hour prior to this call, there were also three similar fires reported along State Line Avenue. The general description of the suspect in those fires also matched Cole, Vaughn said.
Arkansas may file additional charges against Cole.