Updated: November 16, 2017

THE TENNESSEE BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION HAS CHARGED A WOMAN FOR ALLEGEDLY SETTING FIRE TO A LEWIS COUNTY HOME EARLIER THIS YEAR.  ACCORDING TO A PRESS RELEASE, THE INVESTIGATION BEGAN AFTER RECEIVING INFORMATION FROM THE TENNESSEE STATE FIRE MARSHALL'S OFFICE OF A FIRE THAT OCCURRED ON MAY 10 AT 300 THOMAS AVENUE IN HOHENWALD.  AUTHORITIES DETERMINED THE FIRE TO BE A CASE OF ARSON AND THAT AMANDA BROOKE TRIPP, 33, WAS THE INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRIME.  EARLIER THIS MONTH, TRIPP WAS INDICTED EARLIER THIS MONTH, CHARGED WITH ONE COUNT OF AGGRAVATED ARSON AND BOOKED INTO THE LEWIS COUNTY JAIL ON 40 THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND.