SEATTLE (AP) — An 18-year-old student accused of starting three fires one morning in her south Seattle classroom has been charged with arson.
Seattlepi.com reports King County prosecutors charged Lynesha J. Wells with first-degree arson on Thursday.
The fires at Black River High on March 31 didn’t cause any injuries, though prosecutors noted that other students were in the science classroom at the time. The school is in the Renton School District.
Court records say two posters on walls and papers on a teacher’s table were set on fire. The teacher was in an adjoining room and returned to find the fire. A school security officer put it out with an extinguisher.
