A woman has been charged in connection with a fire that killed two people in August.

Deonna Marie Presbury, 35, faces two counts of second-degree murder and three counts of first-degree arson.

As previously reported, 59-year-old Debbie Leshelle Allen of New Richmond, Wisconsin, and 66-year-old Kerry Sims of Minneapolis were killed in the apartment fire.

According to a criminal complaint, several people reported a fire at an apartment building at 1501 11th Avenue South in Minneapolis on Aug. 13. Allen and Sims were later found deceased in the building.

Two other people were seriously injured in the fire and needed to be hospitalized.

Arson investigators found two points of origin for the fire. The first was at the rear stairway of the second floor and the other was in the second-floor hallway, originating from a pair of pink rollerblades.

Court documents state that a witness said Presbury was in the hallway of the building with her daughter and was arguing with him before the fire was set. Presbury had demanded that her belongings be returned. The witness said he gave Presbury her items, which included clothing, a bicycle and pink rollerblades.

Another witness in the apartment told police that she heard Presbury say, “I’m gonna burn this [expletive] down…You got me messed up…I’m gonna kill this [expletive].”

The witness said she smelled smoke coming from the hallway a few minutes after Presbury left with her belongings.

The first witness called Presbury on speakerphone while being interviewed by police. When he told her that the fire had killed two people and suggested she was responsible, Presbury reportedly responded, “Love will [expletive] you up anytime.”

A third witness told police that before the fire, he heard a woman arguing in the hallway and threatening to “burn this place down” if she didn’t get her stuff back.

Court documents state that motion-activated security images showed Presbury leaving the apartment with her daughter. Presbury reportedly left behind the pair of pink rollerblades determined to be the point of origin for the second fire.

Presbury and her daughter were then seen walking toward the location of the first fire’s origin, according to court documents. The two are then seen leaving — Presbury reportedly had a lit cigarette and was wearing a blue rubber glove moments before the fire.

Investigators then learned that Presbury is a person of interest in other intentional fires involving the male witness’ property and is known to carry a torch lighter with her. Arson investigators believe the fires at the apartment building could have been started with a torch lighter.

Presbury was arrested and, in an interview with investigators, denied being at the apartment building that day. Police asked again if she was at the building and she promised she wasn’t.

When shown the photos of her and her daughter getting her belongings from the man’s apartment, Presbury admitted to being at the building. She denied speaking to the man about the fire and said she heard about it from the news.

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Four people, including a teen boy, were injured overnight when a fight escalated into a stabbing in Minneapolis.

What we know:

Minneapolis police were called to Lowry Avenue North near Fremont Avenue North shortly after 4 a.m. for the report of a fight.

Around the same time, officers also received a call about a fight down the block along Irving Avenue North near Lowry.

Police say at the Lowry Avenue location, they found a man, a woman, and a boy in his late teens who had been stabbed. At the home on Irving Avenue North, they found another man who had also suffered a stab wound.

The backstory:

Investigators say it appears there was a large group of people at the home on Irving Avenue when there was an “altercation” that turned violent.

All four victims were injured at that home, and the three found on Lowry Avenue had walked to safety from the crime scene after the fight.

What’s next:

The investigation into the stabbings is ongoing. It’s unclear what sparked the altercation or if police have arrested a suspect.

All four victims are expected to survive their injuries, police said.

The 20th annual U.S. Pond Hockey Championships wraps up this weekend at Lake Nokomis in Minneapolis.

On Thursday, Tucker Hafner was sitting at a table with his team in a heated tent after winning their first game. This tournament is Hafner’s fifth time competing with work friends, who take time off to play in the event.

“Conditions are really nice compared to last year,” he said. “It’s really hard ice, so you’re able to fly around out there. There’s just a lot of cracks, which is normal on a on a lake or a pond. So pretty darn good.”

Hafner, who lives in St. Paul, hopes his team makes it to the championship round.

“My favorite thing about being a part of this is one, taking work off — that’s awesome. And then two, just hanging out with all these guys and having a beer between games and just kind of messing around,” he said.

Mason Coudron of Minneapolis has played at Lake Nokomis since 2013. He looks forward to the hockey championship to reunite with old friends from North Dakota, where he once lived.

“It’s great getting to see people I used to play with,” Coudron said. “And then the facilities usually work really well for this. We could sit out here all day. Take a couple days off of work and just have some fun.”

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