Arson charges filed against TikTok creators Dakota Harper and Felicity Eatmon
Dakota Harper and Felicity Eatmon, a West Virginia couple known on TikTok, were arrested Tuesday and accused of setting an abandoned Charleston home on fire. Authorities say surveillance video links them to the Sunday night blaze, which also damaged a nearby church.
By Sylvester Eyamah
Oct 1, 2026, 12:11 PM · 1 min read

Two TikTok personalities, Dakota Harper and Felicity Eatmon, have been taken into custody and face charges after a fire at a vacant West Virginia residence. Law enforcement officials say video evidence appears to show the pair at the scene. The couple, who are from West Virginia and run a widely followed TikTok account, were arrested on Tuesday. They are charged with first-degree arson and conspiracy to commit arson. The case concerns a blaze that started Sunday evening at an abandoned property in Charleston. According to investigators, they later recovered surveillance recordings that purportedly show Eatmon passing a burning piece of paper to Harper, who then put it inside the home. The same footage, authorities allege, shows the two entering the property and later departing. The fire was said to have kept smoldering for several days, with smoke still visible from the site. A church nearby reportedly suffered roughly $10,000 in damage because of the fire. Jail records indicate both Harper and Eatmon are being held on $10,000 bond each. The accusations have not been established in court, and the couple remains charged but not convicted.
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