A woman accused of attempting to burn down the historic birth home of Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta, Georgia has been ordered to remain in jail without bond. FOX 5 in Atlanta reported that Fulton County Magistrate Judge Holly Hughes denied bond for 26-year-old Laneisha Shantrice Henderson because of the nature of the crime and based on the premise that her place of residence was unstable. "She gave an address in a different state. So, I find that there is a likelihood that she may not return to court,"...

The scenario where two off-duty police officers don’t walk past the childhood home of Martin Luther King Jr. is too terrible to contemplate. It would have been the destruction of a piece of American history. Last Thursday, in Atlanta, Georgia, two off-duty police officers spotted a woman dumping gasoline all over the home where the civil rights leader was born. A five-gallon gas can was emptied on the residence's porch. The two officers asked the woman what she was doing, and she never responded. She wasn’t aggressive, just deadest in...

Kenneth Dodson and younger brother Axel visited the birth home of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta Thursday to take a picture. For a moment, it was like the retired New York City Police Department officers were back on the job. Someone called out that a woman had tried to burn down the late civil rights leader’s historic home. “What do you think? Should we chase her?” Axel Dodson asked his brother. Soon, the pair had captured the alleged arsonist and brought her back to the scene. “You know,...

Axel Dodson and his older brother Kenneth haven’t been in their NYPD blues in more than a quarter century — but old habits die hard. So when they saw a commotion brewing while vacationing with their mother in Atlanta, Ga., the retired police officers immediately took action, chasing down a woman who had tried to torch the childhood home of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. “I’m glad that we were all there,” Axel Dodson, 45, told the Daily News at NYPD headquarters in lower Manhattan Saturday as...

The 26-year-old woman charged with arson after Atlanta police say she attempted to burn down the historic birth home of Martin Luther King Jr. will remain in jail. A Fulton County judge opted on Saturday to deny bond for Laneisha Shantrice Henderson, citing her unstable place of residence and the nature of the crime. Henderson, 26, is accused of trying to set fire to the birthplace of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., located on Auburn Avenue NE in the city's Sweet Auburn Historic District. Video shows Henderson dousing the plants,...

The woman accused of attempted arson at the birth home of Martin Luther King Jr. is a decorated military veteran, according to officials. Laneisha Shantrice Henderson, 26, is a veteran surface warfare specialist of the U.S. Navy and received multiple awards during her service. Henderson received a national defense service medal and good conduct medal during her service. She was also given the Navy "E" ribbon among other awards. Henderson has been charged with attempted arson and interfering with government property after she was seen on camera pouring the flammable...