Adriana Ellison starts fire inside Five Below with electric lighter, tells police she was “bored”

22-year-old Adriana Ellison started a fire inside the Gallatin Pike North Five Below on June 19th. Upon arrival, NFD investigators spoke with witnesses and officers. Officers learned that there was a video of a female, later identified as Ellison, setting fire to a balloon cardboard stand inside the establishment, which multiple people occupied. The police had Ellison detained before NFD got there. When officers Mirandized Ellison, she stated she purchased a black electric lighter from Kroger before entering Five Below. Ellison noted that she was “bored” when she did this. Ellison said she wanted to see what the lighter would do to paper or cardboard. Ellison was then taken into custody for attempted arson on June 20th.