COLUMBIA, Tenn.:

A woman who police say wanted to teach her new husband a lesson about the dangers of smoking in bed was charged with burning down the house.

Linda Stewart, 39, put a lit cigarette on the couple's bed Sunday and left the house, police said. "She admitted to intentionally starting the fire," Detective Mickey Jones said. "According to her, he had fallen asleep the night before and left a cigarette burning, and it burned a small area on the bed. So she said she was going to show him what could happen if she didn't catch it."