'Burn this place down': Woman fires gun and sets a home on fire to 'make a point,' police say

A pistillate successful Ohio is accused of firing a weapon and lighting curtains connected occurrence wrong a residence "to beryllium a point" during a daylong argument.

Crystal Foster, 47, has been charged with first-degree aggravated arson, arsenic good arsenic 2 counts of first-degree aggravated menacing and first-degree utilizing weapons portion intoxicated, some misdemeanors. She is being held successful the Clermont County Jail without bail, the Clermont County Sheriff's Office announced successful a property release.

On Monday astatine astir 4:15 p.m., idiosyncratic called 911 from a location successful the 5900 artifact of Newtonsville Road successful Wayne Township, Ohio. The country lies betwixt Cincinnati and Dayton.

The caller claimed that Foster had fired a weapon wrong the location aft an statement "that had continued passim the day," according to the sheriff's office.

But seemingly that wasn't each that took place.

Deputies accidental that erstwhile they arrived astatine the determination astir 15 minutes later, they "discovered Foster had acceptable occurrence to curtains wrong the residence." The occurrence had since been extinguished, and nary 1 had been hurt.

Officers with the sheriff's bureau continued investigating, and they reportedly learned from witnesses that Foster had "intentionally acceptable the home's curtains connected fire" and declared that she was "going to pain this spot down." At 1 point, the witnesses recalled proceeding a large "pop" travel from a chamber wrong the residence.

When deputies spoke with Foster herself, she seemingly told them that she had been drinking and changeable the weapon "to beryllium a point." She further "indicated she wasn't definite wherefore she lit the curtains connected occurrence and admitted to consuming alcoholic beverages passim the day."

Foster allegedly besides told detectives that she fired the limb to "show them she was superior and to marque a point." It is unclear what relationships she had with the witnesses.

The suspect was scheduled to beryllium arraigned connected Tuesday morning.