Staff report
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Jermaya Lavaghn Richardson, 32, was arrested last night for intentionally setting her apartment on fire.
At about 10:45 p.m. on August 19, a Gainesville Police Department officer spoke to a witness who said she was married to Richardson and lives with Richardson at Camelot Apartments (3425 SW 2nd Avenue). The witness said she had received a text message from a second witness that said, “Emergency,” and when she called the second witness, a relative of Richardson’s, the second witness said Richardson had intentionally set their apartment on fire. The first witness said she rushed home and saw smoke coming from the apartment and the building being evacuated…