‘Serial arsonist’ set multiple fires in Cobb

An Atlanta woman, Joelle Grazulewicz, has been arrested and accused of setting multiple fires at an apartment building in Vinings. According to Cobb County jail records, 55-year-old Grazulewicz has been charged with first-degree arson and first-degree burglary.

Firefighters responded to a fire at the Westhaven at Vinings apartment last week. According to a department news release, Grazulewicz is alleged to have intentionally set several blazes inside a vacant fourth-story apartment. Upon reviewing surveillance footage from the apartment, fire officials saw Grazulewicz walking in and out of a vacant apartment building shortly before the building’s fire suppression system activated. She then returned to her own apartment a few doors away within West Haven. 

Grazulewicz was dubbed a “serial arsonist” by fire officials after she admitted to setting four previous fires during the investigation. 

According to jail records, Grazulewicz is being held, without bond, at the Cobb jail.