ESCAMBIA COUNTY ARSON ARREST

An Escambia County woman has been arrested and charged with intentionally setting her business on fire. On March 22nd, 2018,  Escambia County firefighters responded to a fire on the 700 block of East Burgess Road in Pensacola. Once the fire was extinguished, fire investigators observed signs the fire may have been deliberately set and also received information that the owner of the business – 34-year-old Vicki Lee Dempsey – had made comments to other business owners about burning down her business. Dempsey was arrested on Tuesday and is currently in the Escambia County Jail on no bond.

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