NEW YORK (1010 WINS) – A woman has been arrested for allegedly setting fire to a Brooklyn yeshiva ealier this week.
Police allege Sharee Jones, 39, was the woman caught on camera setting a fire outside a Brooklyn yeshiva on Thursday evening.
Jones, of Brooklyn, was arrested on charges of a hate crime and arson, police announced Sunday.
Footage was released by cops over the course of the Friday allegedly showing Jones holding a gas can and starting the fire outside the yeshiva.
Police said they got a 911 call just before 7:30 p.m. about an arson in front of the Yeshiva of Flatbush on Avenue J in Midwood.
Surveillance video allegedly shows Jones clad in dark-colored clothing carrying a red gasoline can outside of the school.
Jones is then allegedly seen pouring gasoline in front of the yeshiva and lit it on fire, according to police, who said a security guard came out and extinguished the flames with water.
No damage to the building was reported and no one was injured.
Jones fled the area on foot, the NYPD said. The department released a clearer image later on Friday of the woman they're searching for.
Gov. Kathy Hochul on Friday directed the New York State Police Hate Crimes Task Force to assist in the NYPD's investigation.
"I want to make it very clear that this cowardly act of hate has no home here in New York," Hochul said in a statement issued Friday. "No child should ever be made to feel unsafe, especially in a place of learning."
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