Early morning fire results in arson arrest

Submitted by Cameron1 on

A woman has been arrested and charged with arson following an early morning fire.

According to the Cameron Police Department they received a 911 call of structure fire in the 600 block of East 6th street on May 15 at approximately 2:07 a.m. Officers with the Cameron Police Department were dispatched to the location as well as the Cameron Fire Department and American Medical Response EMS. 

Officers were able to determine that the fire was arson.

Arrested at the scene was 33-year-old Shimeshaka Shavon Anderson. Anderson has been charged with arson, and resisting arrest, search, or transport and booked into the Milam County Jail.

The structure was a duplex and the fire has displaced one family.