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2010-06-15--arson update with bail set |
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A MASSENA WOMAN IS JAILED ON 15-THOUSAND DOLLARS BAIL FOR ALLEGEDLY SETTING HER RESIDENCE AT 7 BISHOP AVENUE ON FIRE EARLY THIS MORNING. 26-YEAR-OLD WENDY MC.GREGOR WAS ARRESTED ON A FELONY COUNT OF THIRD DEGREE ARSON, AND A MISDEMEANOR COUNT OF ENDANGERING THE WELFARE OF A CHILD. MASSENA POLICE CHIEF TIMMY CURRIER SAYS MC.GREGOR ALLEGEDLY TOOK HER TWO CHILDREN AGES 4 AND 5 OUTSIDE CLOSE TO THE RENTED HOUSE, THEN WENT BACK INSIDE AND SET A MATTRESS IN A BEDROOM ABLAZE. SHE THEN ALLEGEDLY FLED WITH THE CHILDREN. POLICE WERE CALLED ABOUT 1:20AM. THE RESPONDING POLICE OFFICER USED THE DRY CHEMICAL FIRE EXTINGUISHER FROM HIS CAR TO START KNOCKING DOWN FLAMES BEFORE THE MASSENA FIRE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED. THE FAST RESPONSE KEPT FLAMES CONFINED TO THE BEDROOM. FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO BREAK DOWN A DEAD-BOLTED FRONT DOOR TO GET INSIDE. MC.GREGOR WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY A SHORT TIME LATER WITHOUT INCIDENT. SHE WAS HELD IN POLICE LOCKUP UNTIL SHE WAS ARRAIGNED BEFORE VILLAGE JUSTICE ERIC GUSTAFSON.
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