(FOX40.COM) — A 28-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday night in Stockton after allegedly setting fire to a home with children inside, officials said.
The suspect, identified as Hope Newcomb, 28, physically assaulted a 36-year-old woman before setting the home on fire while two girls, 13-years-old and 10-years-old, along with a 14-year-old boy, were also inside, the Stockton Police Department said.
The woman and the children were able to leave the home uninjured. Responding officers arrested Newcomb, who proceeded to spit on one of the officers…