An Adair County woman has admitted deliberately setting a blaze that led to the death of a firefighter.
Brandi Pritchard, 41, of Columbia pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court in Bowling Green to one charge of arson and one charge of mail fraud, according to her plea agreement.
Pritchard admitted taking part with her husband, Steve Allen “Boo” Pritchard, in a plan to set fire to the house they rented in order to collect insurance payments.Brandi Pritchard had bought a $50,000 renter’s insurance policy in June 2011. When Steve Pritchard heard about the policy, he suggested they could burn the house to collect money, according to her plea agreement.
Steve Pritchard said he’d set fires to collect money before, the document said.