CLERMONT, Fla. – A woman faces an arson charge after Lake County deputies say she tried to burn down the shed where her ex-boyfriend lives.
Deputies were called to a home on East Highland Avenue in Clermont Saturday just before 9 p.m., according to the arrest affidavit. [TRENDING: Fla.
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The man was able to stamp out the flames, which were coming from a burning curtain, and saw Shakeemah Jackson running away, deputies said.