Bride-to-Be Arrested After Allegedly Setting Fire at LDS Church Day Before Wedding
Investigators say Lenita Joy Moreno stole lighters and allegedly set the blaze while wedding preparations were underway, causing more than $108,000 in damage.
- On Monday, police arrested 25-year-old Lenita Joy Moreno in Kaysville, Utah, for allegedly starting a fire inside an LDS church on July 10 during wedding preparations.
- Investigators allege Moreno stole two to three lighters from an Ace Hardware store earlier that day and falsely claimed to have obtained a marriage license for the ceremony.
- The blaze ignited in the Relief Society room at 198 West Center Street, causing more than $108,000 in damages while family members extinguished the flames with five people still inside.
- Moreno faces charges of aggravated arson, retail theft, and providing false information to a peace officer, and is held without bail at the Davis County Jail.
- The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives joined Kaysville police and fire officials in the investigation, which remains ongoing as authorities process evidence.
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"[The bride-to-be] did not obtain a marriage license for her own wedding that was to occur the following day after the fire but had lied, stating she had," the probable cause document stated.
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