Washington Woman With Smelly Litter Box Sets Fire

Court documents filed in Clallam County Superior Court tie an alleged arson in an apartment complex to a smelly cat litter box.
Oct. 15, 2004
PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) -- Court documents filed in Clallam County Superior Court tie an alleged arson in an apartment complex to a smelly cat litter box.

Prosecutors on Wednesday charged Marie Adeline Calkins, 63, with first-degree arson, accusing her of setting a fire Tuesday in her apartment on South C Street. No one was injured.

She told officers she lit the fire because ``she was depressed and upset that her kitty litter box was full and smelled,'' court papers said.

Judge George L. Wood set bail at $50,000 and ordered a mental health assessment.

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