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This Complaint and Affidavit Is to be: JOHNSONCOUNTY
Filed with Court Clerk (cc: CA) Agency Form Number: 2023010558
Submitted to County Attorney Arrest Date:
L] Filed with JCO - Defendant is a Juvenile
THE STATE OF IOWA
V&
OFFENDER
Last
First
Middle Suffix
LEA
I VICTORIA
REXIA
Address
city
State
Zip Code
108 S. LINN ST. #16
1 IOWA CITY
IA
52240
DL#
State
DL Class
DL Endorsements
DL Restrictions
196AN9660
IA
1C
Date of Birth
Gender Pace
Ethnicity
07109/2003
FEMALE BLACK - B
NOT OF HISPANIC ORIGIN - N
Height
Weight Eye Color
Hair Color
61061,
125 LBS BROWN - BRO
BLACK - BLK
OFFENSE
State County Local
jCccleSectlon
1
Crime Description
Speed
in Zone
N 0 0
1712.2
ARSON 1ST DEGREE
Class
Serious F.I.
I Fetal Accident E-1
j Civll Damage Assessment Lj
1Other 0
FELB
Location Type
20 - RESIDENCE/HOME
Literal Description
229 S. DUBUQUE ST. #236
Address
city
State
IIA
Zip Code
152240
229 S. DUBUQUE ST
IOWA CITY
Is Date and Time of Incident Known?
Incident Date or Low Range Upper Date Range
Incident Time or Low Range Upper
Time Range
YES
� 1212612023
101:22
STATUS OF OFFENDERIJUVENILE
LTAKEN INTO CUSTODY
I
CUSTODY
Lj SUMMONS TO APPEAR
(Citation Issued)
WARRANT REQUESTED
Lj NO CONTACT ORDER
RELEASED TO
REQUESTED
PARENT/GUARDIAN
NARRATIVE
Narrative of Offense Committed
On or about the above stated date and time, the Defendant did
commit arson in the first degree upon the property of —, in which the presence of one or more persons could be reasonably anticipated
Printed At IOWA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT 12/26/2023 12:18 PM Page 1 of 2 Form #: 2023010558
AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF IOWA, JOHNSON COUNTY
I, the undersigned, being duly sworn, state that all facts contained to this Complaint and Affidavit, known by me or told to me by other reliable persons form the basis for my
belief that the defendant committed this crime
State all facts and persons relied upon supportinq elements of alleged crime
On 12-26-2023 at approximately 0122 hours the Iowa City Police Department and Fire Department responded to 229 S. Dubuque St for a fire alarm. At
approximately 0123 hours the defendant called 911 and reported smoke inside her apartment. The def. was unable to tell 911 her address, stating she was
watching an apartment, and refused to provide more information before hanging up on dispatch.
Firefighters entered the building and located smoke coming from apartment #236. Firefighters made entry to apartment #236, which was locked via a deadbolt.
Firefighters discovered the door had been barricade shut from the inside with a chair and table. Firefighters discovered the couch in the living room had been lit
on fire. A Bic lighter and can of lighter fluid was located on the floor by the couch. Firefighters extinguished the fire and searched the residence, locating the
defendant inside. No other person was present inside the apartment.
A search warrant was executed at the apartment where it was discovered besides the couch being lit on fire, the tenant's glasses and headphones had been
intentionally burned, and food was thrown all over the floors and walls of the apartment.
I spoke with the tenant who stated he is the only occupant of the apartment, and he is currently out of state, The tenant stated the def. is his ex -girlfriend and
had a key to his apartment. The tenant said the lighter and lighter fluid found on the living room floor near his burned up couch is not kept in that room. The
tenant said both items are kept in his bedroom, and the defendant would have had to taken them to the living room. The tenant reported the defendant had
contacted him several hours prior to the fire making suicidal comments, and was upset he would not immediately drive back Iowa City from out of state..
All evidence in this investigation supports the defendant used lighter fluid to intentionally light the tenants couch on fire. Evidence also supports the defendant lit
two separate jar candles inside the apartment, placing the tenant's headphones in one and his eyeglasses in the other, Both items caught fire and sustained
damage.
229 S, Dubuque Street is a large 5 story building with the first floor being commercial space, and the top 4 floors containing 48 individual apartments. During the
time of this fire multiple residents were home and inside the building.
GENERAL, PROBABLE CAUSE
Defendant Implicated
02 - CAUGHT 1N ACT, 04 - CAUSED PROPERTY DAMAGE
Operating Motor Vehicle in County
STATE OF IOWA,
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Other Physical Evidence
JOHNSON COUNTY
COOK, GABRIEL, 60G
Signature of Complainant or Officer, Officer Name & Number
(Attempted To Inflict Injury
Subscribed and sworn to before me by the person(s) signing the Complaint and Affidavit(s) on 12/2612023
Notary Name CHAD FULTON Signature of Verifying Party
Commission Number
My Commission Expires
Peace Officer 1-1 Notary LJ Prosecuting Attorney
Printed At IOWA CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT 12/26/2023 12:18 PM Page 2 of 2 Form #: 2023010558