A legislative aide to a North Carolina state senator was arrested this week and charged with setting fire to a Raleigh home — with two people inside.
Police did not say how Diane Cook might be connected with two inside the home or whether they were injured, WNCN reported.
A warrant for Cook’s arrest says she “willfully” and “maliciously” set fire to the home in Raleigh’s Addison Reserve neighborhood.
According to WCTI, Cook was arrested and charged with arson on Monday for the incident, which took place on Friday.
Cook is an aide to Republican state Senator Norman Sanderson, who represents Carteret, Chowan, Halifax, Hyde Martin, Pamlico, Warren, and Washington counties.
Sanderson himself was arrested a month ago when a breathalyzer test found that he was driving with a blood alcohol content of double the legal limit. He was charged with driving while intoxicated, having an open container of alcohol, and failing to obey a traffic order.
Cook is due in court on Tuesday.
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[Featured image: Diane Cook/Wake County Bureau of Forensic Services]
