The Kenosha County District Attorney’s Office on Monday officially charged a 37-year-old Kenosha woman for her involvement in three arsons late last month.
Maria R. Vilchez-Bucio made her initial appearance before Kenosha County Court Commissioner Loren Keating on Monday afternoon. Keating imposed a $5,000 cash bond and also set a competency hearing for Aug. 20, at 9 a.m. before Judge Jason A. Rossell.
Vilchez-Bucio is charged with three felony counts of arson and four felony counts of bail jumping. Each of the arson charges carries a maximum fine of $10,000 and three years, six months in prison, while the bail-jumping counts could bring a fine of $10,000 and six years in prison for each charge.