LAPINE WOMAN CITED FOR ARSON AFTER SEVERAL SMALL FIRES FOUND IN NEIGHBORHOOD WEST OF HIGHWAY 31 IN NORTH KLAMATH COUNTY
News Release from Oregon State Police
Posted on FlashAlert: August 29th, 2014 2:07 PM
Oregon State Police (OSP) cited a LaPine-area woman for Arson in the First Degree Thursday evening after responding to reports of several small fires in Sun Forest Estates off Highway 31 in north Klamath County.
On August 28, 2014 at approximately 8:32 p.m., an OSP trooper responded to a report of a woman setting fires in Sun Forest Estates near Crosswood Road and Beechwood Drive west of Highway 31. Local residents found several small fires and extinguished them. Local firefighters responded to look for other possible fire starts and soaked the areas previously extinguished by residents.
An OSP trooper found GAIL B. THORPE, age 64, from LaPine, walking along an area road. Subsequent investigation confirmed THORPE started the small fires following a domestic argument. She was cited and released to appear in Klamath County Circuit Court for Arson in the First Degree.
No photographs available for this release.
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On August 28, 2014 at approximately 8:32 p.m., an OSP trooper responded to a report of a woman setting fires in Sun Forest Estates near Crosswood Road and Beechwood Drive west of Highway 31. Local residents found several small fires and extinguished them. Local firefighters responded to look for other possible fire starts and soaked the areas previously extinguished by residents.
An OSP trooper found GAIL B. THORPE, age 64, from LaPine, walking along an area road. Subsequent investigation confirmed THORPE started the small fires following a domestic argument. She was cited and released to appear in Klamath County Circuit Court for Arson in the First Degree.
No photographs available for this release.
### www.oregon.gov/OSP ###
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