Woman burns down home, fends of police with dual knives

http://www.uticaod.com/news/20170627/police-little-falls-woman-charged-with-arson-after-house-fire

LITTLE FALLS — A woman has been arrested after State Police in Herkimer responded to what they called a suspicious residential fire Sunday on Burt Road in Little Falls.

Iryna Recchia, 32, of Little Falls, was charged with felony second-degree arson, felony menacing a police officer and felony first-degree reckless endangerment, troopers said.

When state police arrived on the scene of the fire, they saw a woman standing in the doorway of the residence holding two knives in her hand and threatening the officers, police said.

The woman, which police said is Recchia, refused to comply and went back into the burning residence.

As firefighters were attempting to distinguish the fire, troopers continued to try to get Recchia to drop the knives but she refused to comply, state police said

Troopers were then forced to use a Taser on Recchia who was then taken into custody without further incident, police said.

A 46 year-old male resident was transported to St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Utica for serious burns, police said. Four New York State Troopers were treated at Faxton St. Luke’s Healthcare in Utica for smoke inhalation and released, police said.