Police Seek Woman Accused of Burning Lingerie Store in Break-Up Rage

An arrest warrant has been issued for a 42-year- old woman, who failed to show up in court on charges that she tried to set a Dana Point lingerie store on fire by torching gifts bought there by an ex- boyfriend, a prosecutor said today.

Jennifer Renee Colwell of Dana Point did not show up for a hearing on Friday, so the arrest warrant was issued then by an Orange County Superior Court judge, Deputy District Attorney John Christl said.

Colwell is charged with felony arson of property.

About 12:30 a.m. last Oct. 2, a sheriff's deputy witnessedthe attempted arson at Intimate Obsessions, 34183 Pacific Coast Highway, according to Jim Amormino of the Orange County Sheriff's Department.

Colwell is accused of putting items her ex-boyfriend bought for her at the store into a pillowcase, soaking it with gas and then setting it ablaze and hurling it at the business because she was "distraught" over the failed relationship, Amormino said.    

- City News Service