February 4, 2002
Crime Scene
Jeans Burned
Gwen Gaylord, 55, was arrested Friday for starting a fire in city limits without a permit. Jackson Police Officer Oscola Turner said an inebriated Gaylord had used a can of gasoline and matches to set fire to a pair of Levi’s she’d retrieved from her home on County Road 1 near Tidetown around eleven p.m. Turner quoted Gaylord as claiming she started the fire in the road in front of her residence because this particular pair of jeans would always remember. “Look, everyone has a bad day,” Turner told The Dixie, “but the law’s the law, and she broke it.” Gaylord was released on Saturday after a brief psychological interview.