“I’m burning this house down and you can pay for it.”

Mindraker · 2023-01-06T00:56:35+00:00

KEARNEY — A Kearney woman is facing charges of arson and child abuse for allegedly setting a fire in her apartment in April.

According to court records, Amanda Celestino, 35, is charged in Buffalo County Court with first-degree arson, child abuse and criminal mischief-intentional property damage of $5,000 or more. All charges are felonies. A warrant was issued for Celestino’s arrest on Nov. 9, and she was taken into custody Tuesday. She had her first court appearance Wednesday, and Judge Gerald Jorgensen set a bond of $50,000 for Celestino. She remains in custody at the Buffalo County Jail. She is scheduled to appear for a preliminary hearing on Dec. 7.

The arrest affidavit outlines the case: At approximately 3 p.m. April 25, the Kearney Police Department and Kearney Fire Department were called to 117 E. 27th St. in Kearney for a report of smoke and possible fire in a residence. Upon arrival on the scene, officers encountered Celestino and her four-month-old infant. There had been a fire in a bedroom of Celestino’s apartment, but it had been extinguished.

Celestino stated that she had been cooking, and an oven mitt that had been sitting on the stove had caught fire. She threw it into the bedroom, where it caught an ottoman, curtain and jacket on fire.

During an investigation of the fire, officers obtained information from Celestino’s cell phone via a search warrant. Pictures on the phone showed the fire in the early stages with a fireplace match burning next to it. There was no evidence of a hot pad in the blaze. The Fire Marshall attempted to burn a similar hot pad, but it would only smolder.

A conversation between Celestino and her boyfriend the day of the fire showed profane messages from Celestino, with one saying, “I’m burning this house down and you can pay for it.” She also sent him a picture of a fire burning in the living room.

Celestino’s landlord reported to investigators that he was attempting to evict her from the apartment, but she had changed the locks and barricaded the front door. He reported other damage to the apartment, including graffiti, damage to a bedroom floor, a hole in the basement and flooding in the backyard that caused the basement wall to bow.

kurgen_27 · 2023-01-05T16:44:54+00:00

Remember kids, don’t stick your d*ck in crazy. 🤷‍♀️

C_A_Willis · 2023-01-05T21:58:51+00:00

Child abuse, you mean attempted homicide.

LessDemand1840 · 2023-01-05T17:46:13+00:00

Alternate site - https://www.wowt.com/2022/11/16/kearney-woman-accused-setting-fire-with-baby-home/

onlyidiotsgoonreddit · 2023-01-05T20:48:23+00:00

Keep in mind- this is how far women have to go, in order to lose in family court. If she had not gone to this extreme, she would have automatically been given custody of his child. Let that sink in, if you have any doubt about the gender bias in family law.

Name_is_Rango · 2023-01-05T17:09:16+00:00

I'm glad that they're putting up mugshots or pictures of the women culprits. I don't know if it's a thing in other countries but in India, women(whatever crime they may have done) get their faces blurred out in all kinds of social media. If they didn't blur it out, the police will blur their asses. This encourages the women to do more stupid sh*t like this and nobody would recognize them. Oh and they get away with much much less punishment

Forcetobereckonedwit · 2023-01-05T17:02:54+00:00

This is what happens when punishment is illegal.

TractorGeek · 2023-03-15T16:40:03+00:00

Well, I stand corrected. Her pussy pass was NOT denied in the end. FFS.https://kearneyhub.com/news/kearney-woman-takes-plea-deal-in-arson-case/article_25a6536e-c338-11ed-b08e-eb45608ba386.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

TractorGeek · 2023-07-06T16:05:09+00:00

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Title	“I’m burning this house down and you can pay for it.”
Author	TractorGeek
Upvotes	550
Comments	32
Date	January 5, 2023 4:18 PM UTC (3 years ago)
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