Billie Lee Cooper, 50, will face charges of attempted murder, arson, endangering the life of a child, possessing a destructive device and making criminal threats.
Currently booked into Sacramento County Jail, Cooper allegedly tossed the device into the property in Rio Linda, California, on Monday evening.
Billie Lee Cooper, pictured in an undated photo
released by the Sacramento County Sheriff's department, faces homicide
and other charges for allegedly tossing a firebomb into an occupied home
Before they reached the address, police received further information that an alleged firebomb-type device had been thrown into the property's window.
The occupants escaped without injury and fire personnel out out the blaze.
According to the sheriff's department press release, cops found Cooper hiding in nearby Dry Creek 20 minutes later.