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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

The man who set a Virginia city council member on fire gets 40 years in prison

Virginia Council Member Attack - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A man who set a Virginia council member on fire last year in an alleged jealous rage was sentenced to 40 years in prison on Thursday.

Shotsie Buck-Hayes pleaded guilty in April to one count each of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated malicious wounding in the July 30, 2025, attack on Lee Vogler. Witnesses said Buck-Hayes walked into Vogler’s Danville office with a bucket of gasoline, doused him, chased him from the building and set him ablaze.

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