Homeless woman arrested for starting fire that spread over a quarter acre at Morningside Nature Center

Staff report

GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Laura Elizabeth Hughes, 54, was arrested last night and charged with reckless burning of conservation lands after building a fire that spread over a quarter acre at Morningside Nature Center.

At about 10:49 p.m. on February 1, a Gainesville Police Department officer responded to Morningside Nature Center (3540 East University Avenue) and found an active brush fire that spanned about a quarter of an acre…

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