Doorstep fire more than a game

Published 12:01 am Saturday, February 18, 2012

NATCHEZ — Natchez police are investigating a report of arson after a woman allegedly started a fire on her neighbor’s doorstep at Holiday Apartments after a dispute over an Xbox.

According to the police report, the suspect accused one of her neighbors of stealing her Xbox. The neighbor alleges the suspect came to the apartment threatening to burn it down, then set fire to a television cable and paper outside the door.

The neighbor managed to stomp out the fire, and no one was injured.

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The report states that an officer found the address of the suspect on some of the burned paper on the doorstep.