Rantoul woman facing battery charges

URBANA – A Rantoul woman who officials say argued with her estranged husband and then set his clothes on fire inside her home is due back in court next month.

Lustretta McFarland, 32, who listed an address in the 1300 block of Abram Drive, was charged Monday in Champaign County Circuit Court with aggravated battery, domestic battery and endangering the life and health of a child.

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