Ammon News - A Connecticut woman was arrested this week after a man identified as her stepson told police he started a house fire at their shared residence to escape decades of her alleged abuse.

Kimberly Sullivan, 56, is accused of holding her 32-year-old stepson captive since he was 11, the Waterbury Police Department said in a statement. She was taken into police custody on Wednesday, March 12.

After the Waterbury Fire Department helped put the flames out in Sullivan’s home on the evening of Feb. 17, the 32-year-old told “first responders that he had intentionally set the fire in his upstairs room, stating, ‘I wanted my freedom,' " police said. The alleged victim was not publicly identified.

Sullivan was charged with assault in the first degree, kidnapping in the second degree, unlawful restraint in the first degree, cruelty to persons and reckless endangerment in the first degree.

According to police, the 32-year-old was discovered “in a severely emaciated condition and had not received medical or dental care” while living with his stepmother. People