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COTTONWOOD HEIGHTS — A woman who police say had been making threats against an ex-boyfriend for several weeks was arrested Monday for allegedly starting a fire that spread to his car and carport.
Emma Mae Coleman-Page, 26, was booked into the Salt Lake County Jail for investigation of aggravated arson.
Just after 3 a.m., emergency crews responded to a fire near 1700 East and 7200 South. "Upon my arrival on scene, I found that a vehicle was set on fire which spread to the attached carport and attic space of the single family residence, " an officer wrote in a police affidavit.
The homeowners provided investigators with surveillance video that showed a woman lighting garbage cans in front of the parked vehicle on fire, the affidavit states. The woman was identified as Coleman-Page, an ex-girlfriend of one of the residents who police say has been making threats against her ex for weeks.
"This suspect has made several verbal threats, text threats and shared the residence address on social media so that she could 'get back'" at him, the affidavit states. "She recently was involved in an assault case against the same victim only days prior."
In January, Coleman-Page was charged in 3rd District Court with DUI and assaulting a police officer for an incident that happened at the same house as Monday's fire, according to court documents. In that case, the ex-boyfriend called police in November when Coleman-Page drove to his house impaired and started banging on the windows, charging documents state. She is accused of kicking two officers while being arrested.
A warrant for Coleman-Page's arrest was issued in February when she failed to show up for a court hearing in that case.
After Monday's fire, police were able to locate Coleman-Page and arrest her. A K-9 trained to detect accelerants was also used to check Coleman-Page and detected possible accelerants on her, the affidavit says.
