A Windsor woman charged with deliberately setting two fires at a Dresden animal sanctuary is set to enter a plea.
The matter of Christine Rettig, 33, has been put over again until March 17, 2025, to set a date for the plea.
Chatham-Kent Crown Attorney Rob MacDonald told the Assignment Court in Chatham on Monday that the matter has been resolved and is going back to the Ontario Court of Justice for the plea.
The case has been before the courts for three years.
Rettig was charged with arson and uttering threats in 2021, several months after an intentional fire at Charlotte’s Freedom Farm on Brook Line in Dresden on July 1, 2020 that killed 22 animals, including a rescue dog from Texas, a miniature pony, five cats, and several ducks.
The $400,000 blaze also destroyed a barn and several pieces of equipment.
An empty trailer at the rear of the farm was also set on fire nearly a year later. No animals or humans were injured during that blaze. Damage was pegged at around $15,000.
Both fires were deemed suspicious.
Chatham-Kent police previously said the owner of the farm also received a threatening letter in the mailbox in October 2020.
A publication ban issued by the court prevents more information about the case from being made public.