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Sheriff: Inmate starts fire in cell because 'she was cold'
By kezi.com
Published: 03/27/2019

BEND, Ore. (AP) - Police say the Jefferson County jail was shut down for several hours Sunday evening after they say an inmate started a fire in a holding cell because she was cold. The Bulletin reports 48-year-old Chanelle Jackson of Warm Springs has been charged with arson and criminal mischief.

A Jefferson County sheriff's deputy says he saw a blanket on fire in Jackson's cell and put it out with a fire extinguisher before firefighters arrived. The deputy says she told him she was cold. Police say a jail nurse examined Jackson after the fire and found a lighter.

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