Thursday, June 22, 2006

Chicago

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Woman charged in library arson
Chicago Tribune -A 21-year-old homeless woman was charged this evening with setting a fire at a Chicago Public Library branch on the North Side that damaged about 100 books, most of them in the gay and lesbian collection.
Erica Graham was charged with one count of attempted aggravated arson in the Tuesday fire at the John Merlo Branch Library, 644 W. Belmont Ave., said Tandra Simonton, spokeswoman for the Cook County state's attorney's office.
'It was not a hate crime,' Simonton said of the incident.
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