BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — A woman was arrested after being accused of setting a children's store on fire in Baton Rouge.

According to the St. George Fire Department, firefighters were called to the 11100 block of Airline Highway around 3:48 p.m. about a fire at Once Upon a Child, a retail store that buys and sells lightly used children's items.

Upon arrival, firefighters found a clothing rack inside the business engulfed in flames. The fire was extinguished. It should be noted that the ignition of the fire occurred during the store's operating hours.

After further investigation, fire investigators saw a video of a Black female entering the store around 3:32 p.m., grabbed a shopping cart and appeared to shop while looking for witnesses. The woman was later identified as Mary J

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