Church 'set on fire by bride-to-be using tampon' hours before wedding

Church 'set on fire by bride-to-be using tampon' hours before wedding  GB News

Bride-to-be Lenita “Tessa” Joy Moreno, 25, is accused of stealing lighters then using a tampon to start a fire in the Mormon church where she was due to marry next day

Hours before the fire, surveillance footage allegedly showed Lenita Moreno, 25, stealing two to three cigarette lighters from a local hardware store and stuffing them inside her shirt and shoe.

A Utah bride-to-be allegedly started a fire in the church the day before her wedding using a stolen lighter and a tampon, causing over $108,000 in damage.

A Utah bride is accused of setting a fire inside a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse just hours before her scheduled wedding.

"[The bride-to-be] did not obtain a marriage license for her own wedding that was to occur the following day after the fire but had lied, stating she had," the probable cause document stated.

Security footage showed Lenita Joy Moreno allegedly stealing lighters from Ace Hardware store while shopping for wedding decor

Lenita Moreno, 25, arrested over fire – which allegedly caused $108,000 in damage – at Mormon church in Kaysville A Utah woman set fire to the church where she was scheduled to get married a day before the wedding, allege authorities investigating what may have been an extreme case of cold feet. Lenita Moreno, 25, was