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Beverly woman charged with trying to burn down lover's Dorchester home
By adamg on Wed, 11/23/2011 - 4:12pm
Syretta Copeland, 31, was arraigned on charges of attempted murder, arson and causing injury to a firefighter for a Sept. 10 fire at 130 Devon St. that sent one resident and a firefighter to the hospital, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports.
Roxbury District Court Judge Ernest Sarason set bail at $7,000; prosecutors had asked for $20,000 bail.
Shortly before 5 a.m. on Sept. 10, Copeland poured gasoline on the back porch, lit that, then went around to the front porch and did the same thing, prosecutors charge:
A resident who had heard noises coming from the rear of the building went to the front entrance and saw a heavyset black woman pouring gasoline on the porch and striking matches.
"Are you crazy?" that resident asked. "There are people and children living in this building."
"I don't give a fuck," the woman replied before fleeing the scene in a dark Toyota Camry.
The rear fire did roughly $185,000 in damage to the building, a neighboring home and two parked cars, the DA's office says, adding the front fire failed to catch.
About nine hours after she allegedly set the building on fire, she posted a message on her Facebook page:
I have the biggest hang over ever never mix henny wit that ray ray boy that tang got me on my ass i hada sleep in my car last night the road was moving and some more shit drink at home .wallet missing and some more shit mmmlol well i had a goodtime.
The next day, Copeland posted:
so as you all know i have had the worst almost two years ever its now time to change my people my places and def inantly my things so um if you find that youve benn delated dont ake it personal just doing wht i feel is right k ...
Beverly Police arrested Copeland, who has two children, after that post, based in part on witness IDs from Dorchester. She was charged with assault and battery on a police officer during her arrest, which led a judge to revoke earlier bail on motor-vehicle charges out of Gloucester and Somerville, the DA's office reports.
Innocent, etc.
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Comments
Why do we continue to allow judges
in this state to set bail amounts that are always considerably lower than what the prosecution recommends?
I understand that bail is "a promise to appear". But the amount of that bail should be based primarily on the severity of the charges, and not just subject to change on one person's whim.
This ones not too bad
Since her bail on a earlier charge was revoked anyways.
Sounds like a despicable human being that can't control her emotions. Or just cares not to.
Have fun in jail over the holiday smahtie
Judgmental a little?
So according to you....we're all supposed to sit at home controlling our emotions? So we can feel good about our normality and how well rounded we are..... Quite smug, quite smug....
Dude
Did your parents drop you on your head as a child. She poured and lit gasoline on the back porch of a multi-apartment complex, one that had families with children in it. When confronted, she didn't give a rats ass. She caused quite a bit of property damage and put not only her victim, but other innocent peoples lives in danger.
Didn't we already go through this A few years back.
There's nothing smug about knowing shes an ignorant, childish, waste of life that has no regard for anyone else.
People could have died, but she got hers, so it's cool.
Damn suburbanites.
Damn suburbanites.