Son Torches Mom's Home Instead Of Getting Job

A man Monroe, Louisiana told investigators he set fire to his mother's house because she told him to get a job if he wanted to stay there, according to an investigator. Bond was set at US$20,000 for Ricardo A. Nance Jr., 31, who was booked late Friday on one count of arson.

His mother, Christina Ross, told investigators she was next door at her daughter's when the fire broke out at her home about 9 p.m. Friday.

The house, valued at more than US$50,000, was a total loss.

Nance eventually returned to the scene and said that he had used a cigarette lighter to set fire to the living room couch because he was angry with his mother about her demand that he get a job.