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Police charge local woman for setting fire in Palmyra

Police charge local woman for setting fire in Palmyra

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A Palmyra woman is charged with arson in connection with an overnight fire that destroyed a residence and two motor homes.

Investigators with the Fire Marshal’s office responded to the fire on Warren Hill Road around 3:30 a.m. Thursday. No one lived at the residence.

44-year-old Alison Trask, who lived in an apartment above a garage on the property with her boyfriend, was taken into custody Thursday after investigators determined she started the fire. The garage was also damaged.

Trask, who’s on probation for a prior drug offense, was charged with Arson, Reckless Conduct, and Aggravated Criminal Mischief and taken to Somerset County Jail.

 

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