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…