A Morton woman accused of burning her house down in 2015 has been charged in Lewis County Superior Court with first-degree arson.
Superior Court Judge Joely O’Rourke issued Kristin H. Skiles, 39, of Morton, a $25,000 arrest warrant after the woman failed to appear for her first scheduled hearing in the felony case on Tuesday.
Skiles appeared in Lewis County Jail custody on Wednesday, and had an opportunity to explain her predicament.
She explained that she now lives at a clean and sober home in Yakima, and is in outpatient treatment pursuant to a Lewis County District Court case.
“I’ll have six months clean in a week,” Skiles said.