Taser was used to take her into custody
A woman has been arrested after reports that she had maliciously set a brush fire in Eugene.
At 2:09 p.m., Eugene Police received a report of a woman, later identified as Natasha Ann Anderson, age 35, who set some bushes on the west side of the former Shopko property, which was also near a construction office trailer in the area of Chad Drive and Coburg Road, and then left the scene.
Eugene Springfield Fire responded to address the fire and Eugene Police began searching for Anderson. She was located in the 2800 block of Crescent and then going south on Shadowview, south of Crescent.
She had a baseball bat attached to her backpack and a taser was used to take her into custody at around 2:23 p.m.
Anderson was lodged at the Lane County Jail on charges of Reckless Burning and Interfering with Peace Officer.
It is case number 21-10862, and incident number 21179307.
--Bruce Armstrong| Post Date: 2021-07-17 19:58:59 | Last Update: 2021-07-17 20:35:55 |
