A Des Moines, Iowa, woman was arrested on suspicion of arson after she allegedly set an estranged friend's home on fire because of a Facebook dispute.
The early-morning fire broke out in the garage of Jim and Nikki Rasmussen, police and neighbors said, and led to the collapse of the garage roof.
"It was ablaze at 1 a.m," neighbor Dominic Formaro said. "It was just totally engulfed."
Jennifer Christine Harris, 30, of Des Moines, was arrested and charged with first-degree arson and is being held in the Polk County Jail on $100,000 bond, reported ABC News.
The Associated Press reported that Nikki Rasmussen and Harris had been the best of friends until a dispute erupted. Rasmussen says Harris said "horrible things" about Rasmussen and posted them on Facebook.
The Des Moines Register reported, however, that a police report mentions a "fake Facebook account."
Rasmussen told the Register that she and Harris' friendship dissolved when they argued while trying to plan a birthday party for Harris.
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