POUGHKEEPSIE – A 34-year-old Poughkeepsie lady has actually been detained and charged with felonies of arson and animal cruelty for her function in a March 30, 2023 fire at 9 North White Street in Poughkeepsie. Jeannette Wright, the second-floor occupant of the residence was detained on April 14, 2023, by the City of Poughkeepsie Police, and held pending arraignment on the charges.
While firemens were fighting the structure fire at the multi-family residence, cops at the scene, who were looking for Wright, were recommended that she had actually called cops head office and was on her method to turn herself in after confessing to beginning the fire.
(The initial account of the fire can be discovered here.)
Sources near to the examination informed Mid-Hudson News that Wright reached the police headquarters and confessed that she had actually strangled her animal cat, soaked the lifeless feline with a combustible liquid, and set the animal on fire. Once the cat was on fire, Wright left the building and strolled towards the police headquarters. The flames from the dead feline spread, triggering a big fire in the apartment or condo.
The suspect apparently informed cops that she strangled and lit the cat on fire due to the fact that “the cat was possessed by demons.” After the admission, Wright, who cops state has a history of psychological health concerns, was carried to MidHudson Regional Hospital for examination for an undefined period.
Poughkeepsie firemens recuperated remains of the cat in Wright’s apartment or condo.
In 2021, Wright was captured by a state cannon fodder after she had actually burglarized a residence in Campbell Hall in Orange County. Wright informed cops that she was allowed to be in your home however the property owner rejected even understanding her. When the cops tried to take her into custody, she started spitting and kicking at the cannon fodder.
Video from the scene of the fire:
