By Mike Brassfield, Times Staff Writer
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
LARGO — Detectives have arrested a local homeless man who they accuse of lighting a homeless woman on fire and leaving her body in a burning trash bin in October.
Jeffrey Robert Grant, 37, was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder Tuesday after Largo police detectives located him in St. Petersburg. Earlier in the day, police had issued news releases asking for the public's help in locating Grant.
Grant is a known transient who frequents homeless shelters and vagrant camps throughout Pinellas County, police said. Prior to his arrest, he was last seen in the area of Williams Park in downtown St. Petersburg and in parts of northeast St. Petersburg.
Grant is charged in the death of Jennifer Lee Guthrie, 26. She was found dead Oct. 9 in a burnt trash bin behind a Wachovia Bank at 14147 Walsingham ...