Houston Husband Jimmy Lauder Arrested After Setting House Blaze While Wife And Kids Upstairs

HOUSTON, TX. (THECOUNT) — Jimmy Klayton Lauder, of Rockharbor Lane, has been identified as the suspect arrested and charged with arson and one count of child endangerment after setting fire to a Houston home containing his wife and young children early Sunday morning.

Lauder, 31, has been charged with felony arson after deputies responded to a call of a domestic disturbance around 4:30 a.m. Sunday in the 12100 block of Rockharbor Lane in Harris County.

Police say Lauder set his home on fire while his wife and two children were in an upstairs area of the home.

First responders were able to safely remove a woman and two small children from the home. The fire was contained in the kitchen and did not spread to the rest of the home. Injury information was not provided.

Authorities say when the husband, Jimmy Klayton Lauder returned he appeared to be intoxicated and upset. His wife and two children went upstairs to avoid him. The smoke alarm later went off and his wife called 911. Deputies say Lauder’s family was inside but first responders went in to help them get out safely. The fire was contained in the kitchen and did not spread to the rest of the home. source

Authorities say Lauder may have been intoxicated at the time of the incident.

Lauder was detained when deputies arrived at the scene.

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Harris County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas, located in the southeastern part of the state near Galveston Bay. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 4,092,459, making it the most populous county in Texas and the third most populous county in the United States, according to Wikipedia.