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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Mohammad Samra

Woman charged in fire that damaged Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines

Tape and barricades block off the destroyed remains of the Chapel of Resurrected Christ at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines. (Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere/Sun-Times)

A woman has been charged with arson in a fire that damaged the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines early Tuesday.

Virginia Roque-Fermin of Arlington Heights was arrested as police responded to the fire at 1170 N. River Road about 2:30 p.m., police said. Roque-Fermin, 41, was seen walking away from the shine, police said.

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