28-05-2025
Ex-girlfriend charged in Baton Rouge boat fire incident
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Baton Rouge Fire Department arrested a woman accused of setting her ex-boyfriend's boat on fire.
Firefighters responded around 7:45 a.m. on May 16 to the 8200 block of Greenwell Springs Road, where a boat fire had already been extinguished. According to BRFD, a witness reported seeing Zhanea Lee, 30, identified as the victim's ex-girlfriend, near the boat shortly before the fire began.
The same witness told investigators that Lee had previously made multiple threats, including one to set the boat on fire.
Surveillance footage later confirmed Lee's vehicle entering the parking lot of a nearby apartment complex, parking near the boat, and then leaving quickly while the fire was burning, BRFD said.
The boat, valued at approximately $6,000, was parked just feet from an apartment building and was deemed a total loss.
Lee was arrested and charged with aggravated arson. She was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on Tuesday, May 27.
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