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Police: Florida man's fight with girlfriend causes neighborhood power outage

HIALEAH, Fla. — A man in Hialeah who got into an argument with his girlfriend ended up causing a power outage in the neighborhood, police said.

The outage happened when Angel Milian, 18, set his girlfriend's purse on fire and threw it over a gate at his house, WPLG reports.

Firefighters said the purse set a $3,000 palm tree on fire, and the flames spread to a Florida Power & Light electrical box, according to WPLG.

Hialeah police arrested Milian when the girlfriend showed officers a recorded video of him lighting her purse on fire. He was taken to the county jail and faces a second-degree charge of arson.

Read more at local10.com.