A Pennsylvania woman is really in the thick of it afteradmitting to intentionally setting fire to her campground home.

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Tamara Santarelli, 42, and her husband, Victor Santarelli III,44, bought Shady Rest Campground from Arnold and Mary Alice Manningin 2007. That same year (following the purchase), the bath house onthe campgrounds went up in smoke.

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In 2009, just two years after the bath house burned down, thecouple's campground home caught fire, igniting an investigationsurrounding the events. The investigation led to the couple'sarrest, and a trial in Susquehanna County Court.

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Authorities charged Victor with arson, conspiracy, and insurancefraud in connection with the 2007 fire, but all of his charges weredropped. The court is holding Tamara to the fire though, and shehas pled guilty to one count of arson for the residence fire, and one count of recklesslyendangering another person in the bath house fire.

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Tamara hasn't been sentenced as of yet, but the couple isn't outof the woods. According to court documents, the Santarellis hadsome financial troubles. The couple has agreed to release all ofthe bath house insurance money that was being held in an escrowaccount to the Mannings as restitution. They also agreed to executea deed in lieu of foreclosure to the Mannings in an effort toresolve a pending mortgage foreclosure between the two couples.

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Tamara faces s'more time in court later this year to resolveissues concerning insurance proceeds from the fire at theresidence, and she could face jail time for her criminal actions inthe great outdoors.

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