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VERNAL — A woman who used burning bacon to help set fire to the inside of her ex-boyfriend's Uintah County home has pleaded guilty to reduced charges.

Cameo Adawn Crispi, 32, was originally charged with of arson, burglary, assault by a prisoner, interfering with an arresting officer, electronic communication harassment and intoxication.

On Tuesday, she pleaded guilty to reckless burning and attempted assault by a prisoner, both class A misdemeanors. She also pleaded guilty to intoxication, a class C misdemeanor. The remaining charges were dismissed in exchange for her plea.

In court records filed as part of the plea agreement, Crispi admitted that she put a pound of bacon on a cookie sheet on March 14, set the cookie sheet on top of the gas stove inside her ex-boyfriend's house and turned the burner to "high."

"The bacon was burned and smoking badly" when Naples police responded to the house at the request of Crispi's ex-boyfriend, according to court records. The man, who was not home at the time, called police after receiving 15 calls and text messages from her in less than an hour, officers said.

The first officer to reach the house said Crispi was obviously impaired and there was smoke coming out the front door.

"I asked to come in and observed a wood stove left open with a fire burning inside and hot coals on the floor around the stove," the officer wrote, noting that he also found the bacon burning on the kitchen stove.

The fire was extinguished and Crispi was arrested after a brief struggle with officers. Her blood-alcohol content was measured at 0.346, court records show, which is more than four times the legal limit for impairment in Utah.

Crispi is scheduled to be sentenced May 19. She faces a maximum possible sentence of up to a year in jail on each of the class A misdemeanor charges, and up to 90 days in jail for the class C misdemeanor.

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