Frostburg police say the current Miss Washington County has been arrested on charges of breaking into her ex-boyfriend's home in Frostburg and hitting another woman.

Twenty-two-year-old Christie Ganoe of Cumberland has been charged with second-degree assault and fourth-degree burglary.

According to an Allegany County District Court commissioner, Ganoe has been released on her own recognizance. A court appearance has been set for Oct. 20.

Frostburg Police Corporal Irvin Buskirk says police were summoned to Ganoe's ex-boyfriend's home Wednesday. Buskirk says police took Ganoe home, but she went back, entered the ex-boyfriend's home and punched a woman there in the head. He said the woman who was punched did not need medical treatment.

Ganoe is a student at Frostburg State and classmates say she is well known. "I had no idea it was her. I just found out. We know her very well, said Frostburg student Caroline Hofstetter.

"It's nuts. You expect something like this in the city, but not up here, said Frsotburg student Seth LaRue.

Ganoe was crowned Miss Washington County in February, winning a $2,000 cash scholarship. Her platform was educating people to prevent bullying.

No word yet if the charges will effect her standing as Miss Washington County.

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