Updated: Tuesday, 22 Mar 2011, 6:51 PM CDT

ALEXANDER SUPGUL
Web Producer

HOUSTON - Jessica Tata, the 22-year-old woman charged in connection to a fatal fire that led to the death of four children, is in Harris County jail after arriving at Hooks Airport before 1 a.m. Tuesday.

The charges against her are as follows: 7 reckless injury to a child; 4 manslaughter charges; 3 abandoning a child under 15.

Tata came to Houston overnight Monday. She was placed on a flight from Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta just before 10 p.m. Houston time.

After arriving from Atlanta at Hooks Airport, Tata was taken to the Harris County processing center where she was booked. She's currently being held in jail without bond.

She'll make her first court appearance early Wednesday afternoon.

"First of all, I'd like to say the Houston Fire Dept is appreciative of the efforts of the U.S. Marshal's office and the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders task force. They have proven indeed that the arms of the law are long. We live in a free country. There are laws that we have to follow when we arrest people. Ms. Tata took advantage of that freedom. We are glad that the U.S. Marshal's office was able to assist us in getting her back," said Houston Fire Department spokesman Pat Trahan during an early morning news conference at Hooks Airport.

"Ms. Tata will be processed here. She will be housed in a single cell and that is for her safety and her protection. She will be accompanied at all times as she makes movements throughout the jail and again that is for her safety and her protection. She is being booked as we speak and she will go through the process as all other inmates do, which is go through a medical screening as well as a psychiatric evaluation and then she will be placed again in housing in a single cell," said Christina Garza, spokeswoman with the Harris County Sheriff's Office. "The safety of any high-profile inmate is always a concern for us and that's why she will be placed in a single cell and escorted at all times."

The US Marshals Service removed Tata from custody in the Fulton County jail in Atlanta, Ga. around 10 p.m. Monday to return her to Houston, a law enforcement official said.

Tata was placed into custody Monday morning at the Fulton County jail. She waived extradition before a county judge .

FShe was arrested on March 19 in Nigeria. amily members said she turned herself in to US authorities in that country.

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