The secretary, who was responsible for the school's finances, allegedly set things on fire after the principal noticed vendors had not been paid and cash collected from multiple fundraisers were not deposited into the school's account.
Adriana Castorena-Narvaez, 49, is charged with arson after she allegedly set a fire in the conference room of the front office at C.E. Barrick Elementary School.A Houston ISD secretary is accused of starting a fire to avoid meeting with the school principal about missing money, according to court documents.Adriana Castorena-Narvaez, 49, is charged with arson after she allegedly set a fire in the conference room of the front office at C.E. Barrick Elementary School at 12001 Winfrey Lane on Oct.
The principal noticed it was odd the fire happened in the room across from Castorena-Narvaez's office and only a few people were at the school when it happened. Castorena-Narvaez came back on Oct. 6 and another meeting was said to be scheduled to go over the financials, but she said there was a medical emergency once again and was taken to the ER.
He reportedly put out the fire using a fire extinguisher and said the fire was "weird" and that it "looked like a campfire piled up."