SAN ANTONIO, Texas – A landlord was arrested after being accused of setting a home on fire over payment dispute with tenants, according to KSAT News.
Elizabeth Flores Romo, 35, has been charged with arson of a habitation/place of assembly, according to Bexar County Jail records.
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The incident was reported at 4:15 p.m. Thursday at a San Antonio home, near North New Braunfels Avenue in Dignowity Hill.
According to reports, the tenant in an apartment unit inside the home called police because they said his landlord broke into his unit and set his door frame on fire. When officers arrived, there was no evidence that Romo burned the door, so they left.
An hour later, reports show that another tenant called the police and told them that Romo’s room was on fire. Before the second fire was reported, Romo allegedly used his phone to text a relative, telling him “that if she doesn’t get her rent money, she’s going to burn down the house,” the affidavit states.
According to the affidavit, Romo admitted to setting the door on fire, but not starting the fire in her room. She reportedly told officer that she set the first fire because the tenants didn’t pay their rent on time and that they “don’t keep the inside clean,” the KSAT News reports.
Police believe that Romo knowingly set the house on fire while people were inside, according to reports.
Her bond was set at $30,000, records show.