Chester County Woman Sets Sleeping Man's Bed, Home On Fire: Report

A 28-year-old woman reportedly lit a man's bed on fire while he was asleep in his Old Phoenixville Pike home, and the resulting conflagration left the entire home uninhabitable, according to a report.

The Times Herald reports that the incident occurred on the 1300 block of Old Phoenixville Pike in West Whiteland early Wednesday morning.

28-year-old Cheryl Roney allegedly set fire to the bed twice, authorities said. On the first occasion, the man woke up to the woman standing at the end of his bed, smoking a cigarette, laughing, the report states.

The man put the fire out but on her second try, Roney lit a blaze on the bed that could not be extinguished by the man, even with a hose, according to the report.

A motive for the fire remains unclear. Roney lived at the residence with her mother. The man, 52, just rented a room in the home.

The total damage to the property is estimated to be roughly $150,000.

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