New York Daily News

Gal cuffed in arsons

- Rocco Parascando­la and John Annese

A HOMELESS firebug is accused of lighting a string of small blazes in Brooklyn, police sources said Wednesday.

Alisha Jackson, 39, a parolee with a criminal record dating back to 1998, was busted Wednesday after a 79th Precinct officer saw security footage and recognized her from an earlier run-in, sources said.

Jackson (photo) is accused of lighting five small blazes in Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant early April 28.

She torched homes and cars, including a Mustang parked on Decatur St., but caused no substantia­l damage and no injuries, sources said.

Cops released video of a Jackson walking around aimlessly with a bottle of fluid in her hand, after the Decatur St. fire, sources said. Jackson was convicted of arson, assault and several other charges after a 2009 spree in Philadelph­ia, public records show.

Pennsylvan­ia labeled her a parole jumper on April 21.

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