ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. - A St. Louis County woman intentionally set her neighbor's apartment door on fire in retaliation to ongoing noise complaints, trapping a woman and her young child inside, police say.

The St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney's Office has charged La'Kassha Sleydin, 48, with one arson and endangering the welfare of a child.

The charges stem from an apparent arson incident Monday morning at an undisclosed apartment complex in St. Louis County.

According to a St. Louis County Police Department probable cause statement, Sleydin had been upset with "noise levels" from an upstairs neighbor's apartment since January 2025 and filed several complaints to the apartment's owners.

On Monday, Sleydin allegedly took a tablecloth runner, nailed it to the front door of the neighb

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