Houma Woman Jailed For Arson

A Houma woman is jailed for allegedly trying to set her ex-boyfriend on fire. A Houma woman is behind bars after allegedly trying to set her ex-boyfriend on fire. Lafourche Parish Sheriff's spokesperson Sgt. Lesley Hill says the woman showed up at the man's place of work Friday morning. When he noticed she had a knife, he locked himself in a company trailer. Hill says 23-year-old Gloria Lebouf, of Houma, was stopped by another man--a co-worker of the ex-boyfriend-- from lighting the fire. (Lebouef faces two charges of aggravated battery and one charge of aggravated arson.) Hill says Lebouef allegedly tried to run the other man over, as he got her license number. She was located and taken into custody.(Lebouef's bond is set at $40-thousond. She remains in the Lafourche Parish jail.)