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theweaselking"I was having trouble paying rent. I thought I wouldn't have to pay it if the entire apartment complex burned down," she was quoted as telling investigators.
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A jobless woman under indictment on arson charges was hit with a new arrest warrant for setting fire to her own apartment in a bid to avoid paying her monthly rent, police said.
The new arrest warrant accuses Hisako Kasahara, 30, of attempted arson to an inhabited structure.
Kasahara admitted to the allegations during questioning. "I was having trouble paying rent. I thought I wouldn't have to pay it if the entire apartment complex burned down," she was quoted as telling investigators.
Kasahara set fire to a cloth covering a washing machine in a second-floor passageway of the apartment complex in the Nisshincho district of Kita-ku, Saitama, where she lives on the night of Nov. 12, burning part of the roof, according to investigators. Five residents suffered mild smoke inhalation.
She is currently standing trial over a separate arson case.
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A jobless woman under indictment on arson charges was hit with a new arrest warrant for setting fire to her own apartment in a bid to avoid paying her monthly rent, police said.
The new arrest warrant accuses Hisako Kasahara, 30, of attempted arson to an inhabited structure.
Kasahara admitted to the allegations during questioning. "I was having trouble paying rent. I thought I wouldn't have to pay it if the entire apartment complex burned down," she was quoted as telling investigators.
Kasahara set fire to a cloth covering a washing machine in a second-floor passageway of the apartment complex in the Nisshincho district of Kita-ku, Saitama, where she lives on the night of Nov. 12, burning part of the roof, according to investigators. Five residents suffered mild smoke inhalation.
She is currently standing trial over a separate arson case.