By Diana Rocco, Eyewitness News
A woman caught on camera lighting a Jewish school on fire was arrested and charged Sunday.
Police say 39-year-old Brooklyn resident Sharee Jones was charged with reckless endangerment as a hate crime and arson.
The incident happened on Thursday at 7:27 p.m. at the Yeshiva of Flatbush on Avenue J.
The woman was seen dressed all in black and carrying a red gasoline can.
Police say she walked up to the Yeshiva, doused the area in gasoline, and lit it on fire.
A security guard inside the school saw what was going on and he was able to put out the fire with water.
NYPD Hate Crimes Task Force investigated the fire.
They also investigated whether the woman captured on surveillance is the same woman spotted shortly before the fire, carrying a red gas canister and yelling through a megaphone, on Nostrand Avenue and Ave J. Continue Report…..