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Teen accused of setting friend's house on fire pleads not guilty

08/01/2008 11:34 AM MDT

Ysabel Bilbao/KTVB

Samantha Darling, 17, is charged with two counts of arson and criminal possession of a bank card.

CALDWELL -- The Nampa teenager charged as an adult after police say she set her best friend's house on fire was back in court this morning.

Samantha Darling, 17, is charged with arson and illegal use of a credit card. She is being tried as an adult.

Police believe she set the house on fire to cover up the theft of the family's credit card.

A Canyon County judge reduced Darling's bond to $10,000.

If she bonds out of jail, she is not to have contact with the victims. 

She cannot leave Canyon County and cannot carry any devices that could start a fire.

Darling has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.