A former  Capitol Hill police officer has admitted to setting a fire in a Senate office building last fall and accepted a plea agreement offered by prosecutors.

Karen Emory, who was suspended from the police, acknowledged she "willfully destroyed property" by setting a Nov. 2, 2007  fire in a women¹s restroom in the Dirksen Office building, according to documents released by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

The documents said she destroyed toilet roll dispensers and toilet tissue under control of the Architect of the Capitol, resulting in damages less than $1,000.

The court ordered that the charge against Emory be suspended for a period of 12 months as laid out in the plea agreement. Emory had been charged with willfully injuring or committing depredation against property of the United States.

A series of fires were set last fall in Senate office buildings, but Emory was only charged for the Nov. 2 fire.