Police: Woman set fire to motel

Last updated: July 10, 2017 - 3:02pm


Roxanne Purcell is charged with starting a fire that destroyed part of the Penn Motel in Cooper Township late Sunday night. (Press Enterprise/Keith Haupt)

COOPER TWP. — A woman set fire to her room at a motel in Danville late Sunday night, then told neighbors to “let it burn” when...


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