Wife set husband's go-kart on fire after tiff over Jennifer Lopez movie

A 34-year-old Milton woman was arrested after her husband alleged she attempted to burn his boat, go-kart and Jacuzzi after an argument. Shannon Wriska was arrested on Sept. 2 and charged with a first-degree battery charge and arson, a second-degree felony. At 1 p.m. on Thursday afternoon, Santa Rosa County deputies were dispatched to Fleetwood Drive in Milton in reference to an arson complaint, according to a Sheriff’s Office report. When deputies arrived, they noticed a boat parked in front of a trailer was partially burned. Flames had reached the side of the trailer.

Lawmen were met by Robert Wriska, who stated that his wife, Shannon, had burned his boat and his go-kart that was parked next to his trailer, the report said. Robert told deputies he had been in an altercation with his wife the night before and that they watched a movie that starred the actress Jennifer Lopez, according to the report. Robert stated his wife was very jealous of the actress and did not like him seeing her in the movie. He said an argument ensued over the actress, both went to bed and Shannon later left the house.



The next day, Robert said he was at his neighbour's home drinking alcohol and his wife pulled up in her vehicle, saw him drinking and became agitated, the report said. Shannon then walked outside of their trailer, started pulling hoses off of the motor of his go-kart and lit it on fire, which Robert tried to extinguish. He told lawmen he saw Shannon drive away in her vehicle with his dogs, saying she was going to “put them to sleep,” the report stated. Witnesses also said Shannon punched Robert, but the husband didn’t fight back.

A witness told deputies that after Robert went back inside his neighbour’s house, someone came in the house and said that Shannon was lighting Robert’s boat on fire and that she was attempting to set a Jacuzzi on fire by pouring gasoline inside of it, the report said. Shannon was later arrested and interviewed at the jail where she stated both she and her husband had been fighting throughout the night of Sept. 1 and into the following day. Shannon said Robert called her several times, verbally “harassing” her, according to the report. She told lawmen Robert lit the go-kart on fire, and didn’t admit to lighting anything on fire. The case is being investigated by the state Fire Marshal’s Office. Shannon Wriska was released from the Santa Rosa County Jail on $4,000 bond.