Christen Marie McAllister, a beauty pageant contestant, was charged with one count of first-degree arson charges after she allegedly set her roommate’s bed on fire during an argument. McAllister was a top five finisher in the Miss Kentucky USA pageant last month.
McAllister, 22, was arrested after police were called to the 300 block of Armstrong Drive at an off-campus housing community for the University of Louisville’s Belknap Campus called The Retreat.
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Around 12:15 A.M. February 18, Louisville firefighters were called to the 300 block of Armstrong Drive at The Retreat, a cottage style off-campus student housing community near the University of Louisville’s Belknap Campus. Investigators with the Louisville Metro Arson Bureau said McAllister had gotten into an argument with a roommate and then set the roommate’s bed on fire.
Two roommates were inside the home at the time of the fire. No injuries were reported.
McAllister admitted to setting the fire, according to her arrest report. Arson investigators said the confession was recorded on a Louisville Metro Police Department body camera.
McAllister is a sister of the Sigma Kappa Sorority and studies marketing at the University of Louisville.
No injuries were reported as a result of the fire.
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