Woman charged in House of Art fire was convicted of arson in 2021
THE WAY I'M GOING TO TRACK THAT
COMING UP. ALL RIGHT. THANK
YOU, MIKE.
>> THE WOMAN ACCUSED OF SETTING
A BELOVED DOWNTOWN RALEIGH BAR
ON FIRE. FACED A JUDGE FOR THE
FIRST TIME TODAY. EVEN MURRAY
TO RE U.S. FACES A FELONY
CHARGE OF DESTROYED THE HOUSE
OF ART LAST WEEK. SURVEILLANCE
VIDEO HELPED IDENTIFY HER AND
IT'S NOT THE FIRST TIME SHE'S
FACED CHARGES FOR STARTING A
FIRE WRAL. SHAUN GALLAGHER
JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM THE
HOUSE OF ART IN RALEIGH, SEAN,
DO WE KNOW THE REASON WHY?
>> DEB, RIGHT NOW, WE STILL
DON'T HAVE A MOTIVE FOR WHY A
FIRE WAS SET HERE DESTROYING
HOUSE OF ART JUST LAST WEEK.
BUT THE WOMAN WHO'S BEING
ACCUSED AND CHARGED FOR
STARTING THIS FIRE WAS ACTUALLY
ACCUSED OF SOMETHING SIMILAR
JUST A FEW YEARS AGO IN A
DIFFERENT STATE.
>> DISHEVELED AND CONFUSED AVA
MARIA TERESA HAS MADE HER FIRST
APPEARANCE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
YEAH, GOOD AFTERNOON. MISS EVEN
LEAD TO A U.S. PROSECUTORS
BELIEVE THE 59 YEAR-OLD DOES
NOT HAVE A HOME. LAW
ENFORCEMENT BELIEVES SHE'S THE
WOMAN IN THIS SURVEILLANCE
PHOTO. AND IN THIS VIDEO
WALKING FROM OFF THE PORCH OF A
HOUSE OF ART LAST WEEK, YOU'RE
GIVING A BOARDING PASS TO THE
CORNER PERSON 3 OR PROBABLY
FIRE TELLS WRAL. NO ONE CALLED
THIS FIRE IN A CREW HAPPENED TO
SEE IT ON THEIR WAY BACK TO
THE STATION. AND WHILE NO ONE
WAS HURT, THE FIRE DESTROYED
THE BELOVED BARS. I NEVER WOULD
HAVE THOUGHT THAT I WOULD COME.
YOU SEE THIS WAS LIKE IS NOW A
WEEK LATER IN COURT PRIOR
CONVICTIONS IN NEW YORK FOR OUR
SON, WE LEARNED THIS ISN'T THE
FIRST TIME TO RAISE HAS BEEN
ACCUSED OF SETTING A BUILDING
ON FIRE.
>> IN UPSTATE NEW YORK TO REYES
WAS ARRESTED FOR ARSON IN 2021.
WE'VE REQUESTED MORE
INFORMATION FROM THE ONEIDA
POLICE DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT'S
NOT CLEAR WHAT PUNISHMENT SHE
RECEIVED. THIS. TAKE IT A
LITTLE MORE OF THE FACTS OF
THIS IS SOME SOUND ISSUES.
FIRST APPEARANCES ARE TYPICALLY
AN EVENTFUL. YOU FIND OUT WHO
WILL REPRESENT YOU. WHAT YOUR
BOND AND WHEN'S YOUR NEXT COURT
DATE. BUT ARE A U.S. DIDN'T
APPEAR TO UNDERSTAND THE
GRAVITY OF WHAT SHE'S FACING?
>> YES,
>> MA'AM. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE
HERE FOR TODAY.
THAT IS DONE. WE'LL SEE
FEBRUARY 5TH AT 09:00AM.
THAT'S WHEN YOUR ACTUAL COURT
DATE WILL BE SET A A
I'M NOT FREE TO GO HOME AT THIS
POINT UNLESS YOU'RE ABLE TO
POST A BOND.
>> AND TORRES WAS GIVEN A
$250,000 BOND AND SHE'LL BE
BACK IN COURT NEXT MONTH IN