A 22-year-old Kent resident has been arrested after attempting to start an apartment fire with his girlfriend still inside.
Police received a 9-1-1 call on March 9 from a 19-year-old woman who reported that more than $2,000 worth of her “belongings had been damaged by her boyfriend,” the Kent Police Department (KPD) said in a release. They say the suspect fled the scene before police arrived and, ten days later, the victim called the detective handling her case to report an assault.
The victim said that her boyfriend attempted to start a fire inside the apartment they shared, while she hid in a balcony closet…