WINONA, Minn. — Police arrested a Winona woman who was suspected of lighting a fire in a trash barrel outside the public library on Fifth Street and walking off. Alicia Breann Thornton, 21, was arrested without resistance about 6:15 p.m. This was roughly 24 hours after the fire. The arrest was in the 50 block of Gould Street on the West Side, half a mile from the library. The fire was limited to the trash barrel, valued at $78. The library was undamaged. Thornton was arrested on probable cause and booked for arson.
Thornton. Charge: Third-degree damage to property in the form of arson.