Louisville fire investigators say money was the motive in a 2006 arson at Campbell's Gourmet Cottage in St. Matthews.  On Monday, a Jefferson County grand jury indicted the store's owner, Susan Lukjan.

In 2006, firefighters responded to a massive business fire.  Since then, investigators have been interviewing witnesses and collecting evidence, and now believe they have enough for a conviction.

Arson investigator Henry Ott said Tuesday, "We are very comfortable that we've arrested the one and only person that was responsible for the incident."

Fire investigators say Lukjan has been the primary suspect since Campbell's Gourmet Cottage burned down in 2006.  Ott explains, "We started focusing on her as a suspect a few days after the initial incident."

Lukjan admits her business was struggling, but, she says, "not any more than any small business."  She has maintained her innocence from the beginning and says she can prove it:  "It's very overwhelming because there are people who jump to conclusions without hearing all of the facts."

Lukjan says the facts are that she was in the process of moving when the fire happened, and had just agreed to a lease buyout that would have saved her thousands of dollars.  Her lawyer, Thomas Clay, says that's, "Where she was not going to be paying any rent from October of 2006 through April 2007.  She was going to be there rent-free."  "Which," Lukjan says, "of course, helps tremendously."

But fire investigators still believe Lukjan started the fire because of ongoing financial problems.  Ott says, "Ms. Lukjan was having cash-flow problems at the time and chose this route out to try to correct those problems." 

Investigators say the grand jury looked at more than just Lukjan's financial problems before returning the indictment.  Ott says that involves, "Information that we uncovered using video surveillance from other businesses in the area, as well as some actions that she took the morning of the fire."

Meanwhile, Lukjan's legal problems have hurt business at her new location in the Woodlawn Shopping Center.  She has a message to customers who she hopes will remain loyal to her: "To remember to hang in there with us and to remember that we've always been there for them."

Lukjan will make her first court appearance on Monday.  She's charged with 2nd degree arson and insurance fraud.  If convicted, she faces up to 30 years in prison.