April 22, 2008

Elizabeth Peters - Teacher Burns Neighbor's House Down, Then Brings Them Stew



Little Egg Harbor Township, N.J. (The Weekly Vice) -- Elizabeth Peters, a 43 year old substitute teacher residing in Tuckerton, N.J. has been arrested amid accusations of aggravated arson and burglary. BONUS: After burning down her neighbor's home, she whipped up a batch of stew, brought it over to them and hung out like best friends.

Peters, who has been accused of setting multiple fires in the area has been charged with four counts of aggravated arson, two counts of burglary and two counts of attempted burglary.

According to police, Peters set her Ocean County neighbor's home ablaze. She also set a neighbors boat and air conditioner on fire, which spread to two additional homes.

Among the victims of Peter's arson spree is Kent and Linda Handlewitch.

Although the Handlewitch's were in Florida when their house was burned to the ground, they returned to find a good Samaritan in Peters who brought them dinner, while comforting them. "She came over and brought us a pot of stew and hugged and kissed me and I sat in the car with her for an hour," Linda said.

Other neighbors, such as Loretta Murphy are equally puzzled. "How do you burn someones house down and then bring them a stew," She asked.

"One of the fires was next door to Peters' house. [It] doesn't make any sense to me at all," She added.

While police have not yet established a motive, they did say they believed Peters was having trouble at home, according to police Detective Sgt. Mike Hart.

Peters was booked into the Ocean County Jail and ordered held on $75,000 bail. She posted bail and was released a short time later.

The Weekly Vice Opinion:


People still eat stew? That right there is offensive all by itself. Especially if it had cooked tomatoes. Poor neighbors. She burned down their home and then punished them further with stew. And who knows where the meat in the stew REALLY came from. One neighbor thinks the cat died in the fire. Or did it?

Danny Vice
The Weekly Vice
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1 comments:

Callie said...

Ewwww on the cat comment! WTF is wrong with people? There she sits in the car just soaking up the grief. >shudder< Creepy wench! I think her punishment should be eating her own kitty cat stew while watching HER house burn down. Housefires are a pet peeve of mine. I have no love for people who deliberately set them.

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