A New York City high school senior who admitted setting a sleeping homeless man on fire aboard a Manhattan subway train was sentenced Tuesday to 5½ years in federal prison, with a judge saying the attack was far more serious than a simple act of arson.
Hiram Carrero, 19, pleaded guilty in March to one count of arson after prosecutors said he intentionally ignited a piece of paper that set the 56-year-old victim on fire as he slept on a northbound 3 train in December 2025.
