Prosecutor: Woman who set fire to Dollar Tree Store in Kent was upset there were no shopping carts

  • Source: KCPQ-TV FOX 13
  • Published: 11/16/2016 07:39 PM

A 64-year-old woman was charged Wednesday with first-degree arson in connection with a fire that destroyed several businesses in a Kent strip mall Sunday. The King County Prosecutor’s Office charged Linda Katherine Poplawski with first-degree arson. Bail was set at $225,000. Several businesses in the strip mall at 23406 Pacific Highway S. in Kent were destroyed in the fire. The roof of the building collapsed after the fire erupted around 3 p.m. Sunday. According to court documents, the woman “became upset about there being no shopping carts at the Dollar Tree Store.” She left the store, returned shortly afterward and told employees she was going to burn the store down.



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