A 42-year-old woman who is the subject of a restraining order and suspected of setting her parents’ home in Encinitas on fire was arrested Wednesday.
San Diego Sheriff‘s deputies were called at 2:45 p.m. to a home in the 1400 block of Via Terrassa, near El Camino Real, after a caller saw smoke coming from the home.
Deputies and firefighters extinguished the fire, but there was no one home and it was considered suspicious.
Sgt. Anthony Portillo of the Sheriff’s Bomb/Arson Unit said the cause of the fire was determined to be arson. He said the owners of the home and their daughter, Stacey Eaton, had argued earlier that day.
Eaton was arrested several hours later after she was found hiding a couple of blocks from the home. She was booked at the Vista Detention Facility on charges of arson to an inhabited dwelling, elder abuse and a violation of a restraining order .
Portillo said the home suffered moderate smoke damage and the flames were confined to one room.
City News Service contributed to this article.
