Crime & Safety
Roslindale Woman Arrested, Accused Of Arson
The 22 year old is accused of setting six fires at her college over the past few months.
ROSLINDALE, MA — After several reported fires plagued a Wheaton College dorm, police arrested a Roslindale woman last week in connection with arson. She was in court Monday and will face a dangerousness hearing Friday in Attleboro.
Just before 4 a.m. Feb. 7, a dorm alarm went off and students evacuated. Officials found a fire appeared to have started in an old water fountain on the third floor.
This was the sixth fire in McIntyre Hall since last November, according to police.
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During a Norton Police investigation that involved a surveillance camera, police called in an RA in the dorm as a suspect and interviewed her.
Police say Pimentel confessed to starting the fires after being confronted with a photo that they said showed her igniting the fire in the early morning hours last Thursday.
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, Norton Police arrested Janelys Pimentel, 22, of Roslindale. He was charged with two counts of arson from fires on Dec. 2, and four counts of wantonly injuring real and personal property for fires on Nov. 28, Dec. 2, Dec. 14 and Feb. 7. He was also charged with six counts of vandalism for those fires.
Police said no one was injured during any of the fires. She is scheduled to appear in Attleboro District Court for arraignment following a dangerousness hearing Friday.
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