DUBOIS CITY POLICE SAY THAT 59-YEAR-OLD GAYLE DIXON IS FACING ARSON CHARGES AFTER SHE ALLEGEDLY SET FIRE TO A CARPORT ALONG SALADA ROAD EARLIER THIS WEEK AND THREATENED MULTIPLE WITNESSES WITH A MACHETE. AUTHORITIES SAY THAT THE FIRE ALSO DAMAGED A NEARBY MOBLIE HOME THAT WAS OCCUPIED AT THE TIME. THEY WENT ON TO SAY THAT DIXON MADE SEVERAL COMMENTS AS THE FIRE BURNED LIKE “LET IT BURN” AND “BURN BABY BURN”. WITNESSES WERE ABLE TO DISARM HER BEFORE FIRST RESPONDERS ARRIVED AT THE SCENE. OFFICERS SAY THAT THEY FOUND LIGHTERS AND DRUG PARAPHERNALIA ON HER PERSON WHEN THEY DETAINED HER.





