{"id":758869,"date":"2026-06-24T21:59:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T21:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/758869\/"},"modified":"2026-06-24T21:59:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T21:59:11","slug":"woman-charged-after-allegedly-starting-fire-that-caused-over-2m-in-damage-to-commercial-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/758869\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman charged after allegedly starting fire that caused over $2M in damage to commercial building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winnipeg police say a 30-year-old woman has been charged in connection with mischief, theft, and arson in the Linden Woods industrial area on May 31, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>WPS responded to a report around 9:57 p.m. that a 2025 Chevrolet Silverado that was parked along Fennell Street had been damaged, entered, and property stolen from within.<\/p>\n<p>Not long later, a nearby store along Seel Avenue reportedly caught fire, which resulted in around $1,750,000 in damages to the building, plus $500,000 in damages to the contents within.<\/p>\n<p>Police say around 11:31 a.m. on June 21, police took 30-year-old Keishya Marie Fontaine into custody on an unrelated matter, before allegedly connecting her to the incident.<\/p>\n<p>Fontaine has since been charged with arson causing property damage, mischief under $5,000, and theft under $5,000.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Winnipeg as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=winnipeg.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winnipeg police say a 30-year-old woman has been charged in connection with mischief, theft, and arson in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":497358,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-758869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=758869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/758869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/497358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=758869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=758869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=758869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}