STATESVILLE, N.C. — An investigation into racial slurs spray-painted on a church vehicle and other properties in Statesville has led to charges against two juveniles and a 48-year-old woman.
The Iredell County Sheriff’s Office said the investigation began July 30.
Detectives identified two juveniles as suspects and connected them to a nearby home under construction that had been broken into, had property stolen, and was set on fire.
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Investigators said Amber Lee Christley, 48, of Statesville, provided the juveniles with information about how to start the fire and gave them a lighter.
Christley was arrested Aug. 19 and charged with felony burning of a building or structure in the process of construction, felony conspiracy and two counts of contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.
She received a $10,000 secured bond.
The two juveniles were also charged through the Department of Juvenile Justice with multiple felony and misdemeanor offenses, including burning a structure under construction, breaking and entering and larceny, ethnic intimidation, and injury to real property.