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Harper and Eatmon were booked on first-degree arson and conspiracy after a Charleston vacant-home fire.
On Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, Dakota Harper, 21, and Felicity Eatmon, 22, were arrested and arraigned in Kanawha County on first-degree arson and conspiracy to commit arson tied to a Sunday-night fire on Charleston’s West Side. Each was held on a $10,000 bond.
By Crime Talk Network Staff Writer ·
Arson and conspiracy bookings, plus a cash bond, are charging process. They are not a conviction. On Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2026, WCHS-TV and TMZ reported the pair were arrested and arraigned after a fire destroyed an abandoned home in the 400 block of Maryland Avenue in Charleston, West Virginia, late Sunday. Each faces first-degree arson and conspiracy to commit arson and is held on $10,000 bond.
According to a criminal complaint summarized by WCHS-TV, investigators obtained surveillance video allegedly showing Eatmon handing Harper a piece of paper near the side door, the pair using a handheld ignition source to light it, and Harper placing it inside the vacant home before they left as the fire grew. Those are the charging narrative in the complaint. They are not findings. TMZ reported the same video account and that a nearby church suffered about $10,000 in damage.
WCHS Network reported the fire call around 11:15 p.m. Sunday and said the blaze continued to smolder into Monday. Harper and Eatmon were being held at the South Central Regional Jail on $10,000 bails each. A bond and a jail hold are custody process. They are not a verdict. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
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