Truckee chiropractor pleads not guilty to arsons

Published: 2009-07-07 12:20:30
Author: Barbara Barte Osborn | Sacramento Bee | June 23, 2009

A chiropractor charged with setting fire to her Truckee office and home entered a not-guilty plea Monday to two felony counts of arson.

Erinn Tamney Randall, 38, who has been appointed a public defender, entered the plea at the Truckee branch of Nevada County Superior Court.

Randall, who remains in custody at the Wayne Brown Correctional Facility in Nevada City in lieu of $1 million bail, is scheduled to appear next at a July 7 felony conference in Truckee, a court spokeswoman said.

The Truckee fires, on June 1 and 2, followed a fire earlier the morning of June 1 at a Loyalton building where Randall also has an office and living quarters.

Randall was rescued by neighbors from the fire in Loyalton, which is about an hour's drive from Truckee. All three fires were quickly extinguished by local fire departments.

Initial investigations by the Loyalton Fire Department and Sierra County Sheriff's Department determined that fire was also caused by an arsonist, Sheriff John Evans said in a news release.

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