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Charged with trespassing, reckless burning

Valerie Verkamp by Valerie Verkamp
November 4, 2019
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A Parkville woman is being accused of inadvertently causing a fire when she fell asleep with a lit cigarette.

The Platte County Prosecutor’s Office charged Madison Elizalde, 27, of Parkville, with a class B misdemeanor of reckless burning and trespassing in the first degree.

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At about 7:39 on Sunday, Oct. 20, police received a 9-1-1 call regarding a possible fire at The Links Apartments located a 11206 NW Lema Drive in Parkville. When authorities arrived on the scene, they were able to locate the source of the fire contained in a basement area.

According to court documents, police found Madison Elizalde under blankets and pillows in the basement level. Nearby, a spool of wire was smoldering, causing a heavily cloud of smoke throughout the entire Parkville apartment complex.

Although it appears the fire was limited to the spool of wire inside the basement, authorities say it could have been much worst.

“If the fire was not put out, she could have possibly caused an entire apartment complex to burn, possibly causing severe injury or death to the occupants,” states the probable cause statement.

Police say Elizalde fell asleep or passed out while smoking a Camel Menthol cigarette. The manager at The Links allegedly told authorities that Elizalde was neither a resident nor visitor at the time of the fire.

Inside the basement, police recovered a prescription pill bottle and pack of Camels belonging to Elizalde, states court documents.

Elizalde is scheduled to appear before Circuit Court Judge Dennis Eckold later this month.

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Valerie Verkamp

Valerie Verkamp

Valerie decided she wanted to be a newspaper reporter when she was 28 years old and she successfully convinced the editor of the Platte County Landmark to give it 30 days. It was a unique period of her life when she exuded confidence while fearing she missed her calling after stints as a waitress, bank teller, hotelier, and educator.

Over nearly a decade she has written countless stories on local government, education, lawsuits, community news, crime, and the prison system.

Valerie hails from Park University with a BA in Elementary Education and a post-baccalaureate degree in paralegal studies from Penn Valley Community College. She has received honorable mention for Best Government News Story and joined her Landmark colleagues as recipient of the General Excellence Award in the Better Newspaper Contest sponsored by the Missouri Press Association.

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