RICHMOND, Va. — Just a couple weeks before a 25-year-old woman allegedly set her grandmother’s house on fire, which led to the deaths of her grandmother and great aunt, she was arrested on charges in Richmond and released from jail.
A criminal complaint filed in Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court claimed that back in August, 25-year-old Alicia Newman tried to hit the father of her children with her car while four of their kids were in that vehicle.
The father reported he was able to move out of the way, and then Newman lost control of the car and ran it into an apartment on Delmont Street, causing damages over $1,000…