ROHNERT PARK, CA — An argument at a nearby party escalated into a fire at a Rohnert Park apartment complex, leaving a bystander with minor burns and ending with two suspects under arrest, according to Rohnert Park police.
Police suspect a woman of intentionally setting a fire at the apartment complex after an argument and her boyfriend of driving her her to and from the scene.
Rohnert Park police used a Flock camera to find the couple, who were arrested.
According to the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety, officers responded during the early morning hours of Friday, June 26, to multiple reports of a fire inside an apartment complex on Enterprise Drive.
A bystander suffered minor burns to his hands while trying to extinguish the flames, police said.
Police said the woman, Bella Chamberlain, argued with another woman at a nearby party before asking her boyfriend, Adreian Baca, to drive her to the apartment complex, according to police.
Police allege Chamberlain poured gasoline around the victim's front yard area and deliberately ignited it before she and Baca fled the scene.
Several hours later, investigators used Flock automated license plate reader cameras to find the suspects' vehicle. Police said the pair had run out of gas when officers found them.
Police arrested Chamberlain on suspicion of arson causing great bodily injury.
Baca was arrested on suspicion of conspiracy.
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