A Lawrenceville woman threw a Molotov cocktail through a property management company's window shortly before being served with an eviction notice, Gwinnett County fire investigators say.
Nkenge McDowell, 45, has been charged with first-degree arson; manufacturing, transporting, distributing, possessing with intent to distribute and offering to distribute an explosive device; and criminal trespass in connection with a fire at a Waypoint Homes office in Stone Mountain on Nov. 13.
WATCH: Suspect throws Molotov cocktail into Gwinnett business
Fire investigators questioned McDowell three weeks after the Waypoint Homes fire when her own home, a rental property managed by Waypoint Homes, caught on fire Nov. 30. It was reported to Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services after sheriff’s deputies arrived to serve McDowell an eviction notice.
The fire at McDowell’s home is still being investigated, and it has not been determined whether it was accidental or set by someone intentionally.
McDowell confessed to throwing the Molotov cocktail into the Waypoint Homes office when intervewed by fire investigators on Dec. 7, according to a Gwinnett County Fire and Emergency Services release. Fire investigators said they believe McDowell threw the incendiary device because she was behind on rent and was about to be evicted.
McDowell is being held without bond at the Gwinnett County Detention Center.
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