CONNOQUENESSING — Police say a 29-year-old woman had attempted to overdose on prescription drugs hours before she allegedly lit a mobile home on fire with a cigarette, exposed herself to firefighters and assaulted several police officers and a firefighter.

Jolene Schirra of Franklin is facing 22 charges in connection with a fire in the early morning of Nov. 5 at 1268 Route 68 and an incident that allegedly occurred later that day at Butler Memorial Hospital.

She was arraigned Wednesday by District Judge Wayne Seibel.

She was released Monday from the psychiatric unit at Butler Memorial Hospital and was transferred to Butler County Prison, where she is being held on $55,000 bail.

The charges against her include arson, aggravated assault, risking catastrophe, criminal mischief, possession of marijuana, indecent exposure, open lewdness and harassment.

She is also charged with two counts of felony aggravated assault and two counts of misdemeanor simple assault from the hospital incident.

Schirra was staying in the mobile home on Route 68 with her boyfriend, Robert Gongloff Sr., 50; his son, Robert Gongloff Jr., 26; and his mother, Janet Gongloff, 70, who were all home at the time of the fire.

According to the criminal complaint filed by Trooper DuWayne Baird, who investigated the fire, an argument between Gongloff Sr. and Schirra started around 2 a.m.

“Robert Sr. woke up Jolene when he kissed her and told her that he loved her. Jolene became angry at Robert Sr. and told him he didn’t love her,” Baird wrote.

This led to an argument during which she allegedly kicked and punched him several times. Gongloff told police he later left her alone in the bedroom for several minutes where she was smoking a cigarette. When he returned, a mattress was on fire, and they were unable to put out the fire with water.

Janet Gongloff called 911 to report the fire at 3:52 a.m.

Schirra, without telling anyone, left the trailer and sat in a car parked outside.

Gongloff Sr., realizing she was unaccounted for, ran back into the burning building and suffered smoke inhalation. He was flown that night to UPMC Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh.

An EMT and a paramedic with Butler Ambulance Service reportedly heard Schirra say, “I just want to die. I’m going to kill myself,” while assessing her condition.

Because Schirra appeared to be high and wanted to go back into the burning building, Connoquenessing Fire Chief Lou Zimmerman requested state police respond to the scene.

As firefighters were packing up their hoses, Schirra allegedly removed her underwear and defecated in the yard in view of 10 to 15 firefighters.

After being handcuffed by two state troopers, Schirra allegedly kicked Trooper Justin Werner’s left leg with “significant force” and also allegedly kicked firefighter Randy St. Clair twice in the abdomen while in the back of an ambulance.

She was taken to Butler Memorial Hospital for a mental health evaluation. At the hospital she allegedly tried to bite and punch two troopers and she spit at them, according to court documents.

Baird also wrote in the complaint that he interviewed Schirra at the prison Tuesday.

She told him she did not mean to start the fire. She said it had started because she was smoking a cigarette near the bed where she had spilled nail polish remover earlier that morning. She said she had no memory of the alleged assaults or the other events of the morning.

She also said she had taken several Ativan and Robaxin tablets that belonged to Gongloff Sr. earlier that night in an attempted overdose.

Her preliminary hearing is scheduled for Dec. 1.