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Sheriff: Woman, 74, pretended to be victim of assault; arrested on arson and embezzlement charges
SARATOGA, Calif. - A 74-year-old woman pretended to be the victim of an assault, where she was found bound and gagged inside her Saratoga office last year. But she was really the person who started a fire inside her building and she did so, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office said on Friday, because she wanted to hide the fact that she was embezzling from the company. Janice Carlstrom of San Jose was arrested on Thursday after the sheriff's office said she "confessed" to the bizarre string of crimes, which stem from a fire at her office, Pollack Investments at 14500 Big Basin Way, Suite C, in Saratoga, on Nov.