District Woman Sentenced to Four Years in Federal Prison for Arson of Large Southeast Washington Apartment Building



WASHINGTON –Laketia Hazelwood, 33, of Washington, D.C., has been sentenced to a four-year prison term for an arson that took place in June 2019 at Pennsylvania House, a 43-unit apartment building in Southeast Washington.
According to the government’s evidence, on June 17, 2019, at approximately 10 p.m., Hazelwood poured gasoline into a plastic trash can liner and carried it into the lobby of Pennsylvania House, in the 3900 block of Pennsylvania Avenue SE. There, she tossed the gasoline-filled bag onto the lobby floor and threw a series of matches onto it, eventually igniting a large fire. The flames consumed much of the lobby area and caused extensive damage before being extinguished by members of the D.C. Department of Fire and Emergency Medical Services.
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