Wisconsin Cop Nabbed On Arson Charges
A SAUKVILLE, WISCONSIN, VILLAGE POLICE OFFICER has been arrested and charged with setting fire to a vacant home next door to the police station back on March 20 of this year.
Melissa Kronebusch, 26, has been on the police department for three years. She was charged with two felonies, one count of arson and one count of second-degree reckless endangerment, that together carry a possible 50 years imprisonment. After Tuesday’s arraignment she was released on $5,000 bond.
Melissa Kronebusch
A nearby surveillance video camera at a bank provided the evidence for the arrest. It shows Kronebusch entering the house shortly after midnight and then coming back out. Twenty minutes later a fire in the basement is visible on the tape. As the smoke starts pouring out of the house, Kronebusch drives away in her patrol car, traveling through the thick smoke on her way out. A few minutes later she returns to the police station and then reports the fire.
As it happens, her fiancee is a firefighter who was on duty that night and responded to the fire. They are still planning on getting married on October 10.
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