Enraged girlfriend Tochara Stephens charged with setting boyfriend's car on fire

The enraged girlfriend of a Maroone Volkswagen mechanic was arrested for allegedly setting his car on fire at the Delray Beach car dealership, damaging two new cars in the process, Delray Beach police said.

Tochara Stephens, 25, of Delray Beach, was arrested Wednesday on a charge of second-degree arson, according to a Delray Beach arrest report.

A secret love triangle sparked the Sept. 30 incident at the car dealership, 2401 N. Federal Highway, the report said.

About 3 a.m., firefighters put out flames engulfing the unoccupied 1998 purple Oldsmobile belonging to dealership mechanic Lefrance Defranc, 24. The fire ended up spreading to a white 2011 Volkswagen Jetta and a 2011 black Volkswagen GTI, causing nearly $8,000 in damage, the report said.

An officer found Stephens across from the dealership, with two red gas containers and a baseball bat in her car, the report. She said she was out exercising.

Defranc told police Stephens grew angry because she found out he was cheating on her with the mother of his son. The mother of Defranc's son didn't know he was cheating on her with with Stephens.

Tochara was released from the Palm Beach County Jail on Thursday on a $10,000 bond.