COATESVILLE, Pa. - Authorities say a woman whose car was towed after a weekend traffic stop near Philadelphia is accused of having set fire to one of the city's police cars and trying to ignite other vehicles.
Chester County prosecutors say an officer spotted a police vehicle on fire in the Coatesville police parking lot shortly after 8:30 p.m.
Sunday. He ran to retrieve a fire extinguisher and put out the blaze, then noticed a trail of fluid on that vehicle toward three other police vehicles and two personal cars of department employees.
Police said the incident was recorded by video surveillance cameras, and an investigation revealed that the suspect, Adriene Renee Rodriguez, had been stopped earlier that day by police and her car had