WCSO: Jonesborough Woman facing aggravated arson and assault charges

Washington County Sheriff’s Deputies arrested 26 year old Miranda Lasha Hammett on September 14th and charged her with Aggravated Arson and Aggravated Assault. Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a fire investigation in the 100 block of Cedar Ridge Road Saturday evening. The victim heard a loud pop and Hammett told them she had set a bed on fire in the basement of the residence. The victim attempted to call 911, but Hammett choked the victim, took the cell phone and fled the scene. The victim escaped to a neighbor’s house and Deputies and volunteer firefighters extinguished the fire quickly.  Hammett was located at a residence on Conklin Road where she admitted to using a torch to set the bed on fire and had the torch in her possession. She also told Investigators where she had disposed of the victim’s cell phone. Hammett was taken into custody and will make her first court appearance on September 16.